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Author Wright, Lawrence, 1947- author.

Title God save Texas : a journey into the soul of the Lone Star State / Lawrence Wright.

Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018.
©2018

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Location Call No. Public Note Status
 Davis Adult Nonfiction  917.6404 WRI    DUE 04-08-24
 Winters Adult Nonfiction  917.6404 WRI    CHECK SHELVES
Edition First edition.
Description 349 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Content type text txt rdacontent
Format volume nc rdacarrier
Contents The charms, such as they are -- A tale of three wells -- Houston, we have a problem -- Culture, explained -- The cradle of presidents -- Turn the radio on -- Big D -- Sausage makers -- The city of the violet crown -- More sausage -- Borderlands -- The high lonesome -- Far west, far out -- Among the confederates.
Summary Texas is arguably the most controversial state in America. It is a red state in the heart of Trumpland that hasn't elected a Democrat to a statewide office in more than twenty years, but it is also a state in which minorities already form a majority, including the largest Muslim population in the country. The cities are blue and among the most diverse in the nation. Oil is still king, but Texas now leads California in technology exports. The Texas economic model of low taxes and minimal regulation has produced extraordinary growth but also striking income disparities. Texas looks a lot like the America that Donald Trump wants to create. Native Texan Wright portrays a state that not only reflects our country back as it is, but as it was and as it might be.
Subject Wright, Lawrence, 1947- -- Travel -- Texas.
Harrigan, Stephen, 1948- -- Travel -- Texas.
Texas -- Description and travel.
Texas -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
Texas -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
Texas -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX).
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Cultural Heritage.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- State & Provincial.
Texas -- Economic conditions.
Genre Travel writing.
Related To Online version: Wright, Lawrence, 1947- God save Texas. New York : Knopf, 2018 9780525520115 (DLC) 2017044473
ISBN 9780525520108
0525520104
9780525520115
0525520112