Twentieth-Century Texas: A Social and Cultural History

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Contents ★ Acknowledgments.............................................................v Introduction .....................................................................1 1. Manifestations of the Lone Star: The Search for Indian Sovereignty by Gerald Betty .........................................................9 2. The Quest for Identity and Citizenship: Mexican Americans in Twentieth-Century Texas by Anthony Quiroz .................................................41 3. The Struggle for Dignity: African Americans in Twentieth-Century Texas by Cary D. Wintz ....................................................69 4. From Farm to Future: Women’s Journey through Twentieth-Century Texas by Angela Boswell .................................................105 5. Pagodas amid the Steeples: The Changing Religious Landscape by John W. Storey..................................................135 6. Over Here: Texans on the Home Front by Ralph A. Wooster..............................................164 7. From Yellow Roses to Dixie Chicks: Women and Gender in Texas Music History by Gary Hartman ..................................................196 8. Goodbye Ol’ Paint, Hello Rapid Transit: Texas Literature in the Twentieth Century by Mark Busby ......................................................220 20centtxtext.indd 485 20centtxtext.indd 485 1/18/08 1:50:50 PM 1/18/08 1:50:50 PM 9. Lone Star Cinema: A Century of Texas in the Movies by Don Graham.....................................................245 10. “Wider Than the Limits of Our State”: Texas Art in the Twentieth Century by Michael R. Grauer.............................................267 11. The Games Texans Play by Bill O’Neal .......................................................300 12. Private Wealth, Public Good: Texans and Philanthropy by Mary L. Kelley..................................................324 13. Public Schools Come of Age By Gene B. Preuss .................................................358 14. Lone Star Landscape: Texans and Their Environment by Tai Kreidler.......................................................387 15. The Second Texas Revolution: From Cotton to Genetics and the Information Age by Kenneth E. Hendrickson and Glenn M. Sanford ...........................................417 Contributors ................................................................443 20centtxtext.indd 486 20centtxtext.indd 486 1/18/08 1:50:50 PM 1/18/08 1:50:50 PM ...