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- Beyond Redemption: Texas Democrats after Reconstruction
- Book
- 2007
- Published by: Texas A&M University Press
- Series: Red River Valley Books Series, sponsored by Texas A&M University-Texarkana
summary
At the end of Reconstruction, the old order reasserted itself, to varying degrees, throughout the former Confederate states. This period—Redemption, as it was called—was crucial in establishing the structures and alliances that dominated the Solid South until at least the mid-twentieth century.
Texas shared in this, but because of its distinctive antebellum history, its western position within the region, and the large influx of new residents that poured across its borders, it followed its own path toward Redemption.
Now, historian Patrick G. Williams provides a dual study of the issues facing Texas Democrats as they rebuilt their party and of the policies they pursued once they were back in power. Treating Texas as a southern but also a western and a borderlands state, Williams has crafted a work with a richly textured awareness unlike any previous single study. Students of regional and political history will benefit from Williams’ comprehensive view of this often overlooked, yet definitive era in Texas history.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- Introduction: South by Southwest
- pp. 1-12
- Part 1. Making Texas Safe for the Democracy
- Part 2. The Political Economy of Redemption
- Conclusion: Redemption’s Final Act
- pp. 167-178
- Bibliography
- pp. 209-222
Additional Information
ISBN
9781603444897
Related ISBN(s)
9781585445738
MARC Record
OCLC
708568335
Pages
248
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No