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Texas Politics and Government: Continuity and Change

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A spin-off from the popular Texas chapters in the O'Connor/Sabato/Haag/Keith, "American Government: Continuity and Change, Texas Edition," this new, four-color book by a bestselling author team examines the unique character of Texas politics and government and traces how it has changed or remained constant over its history. The authors argue that, in order to understand Texas today, we must understand how it has evolved over time. In addition, the authors provide numerous boxed features designed to engage students in debates over key political issues, in critical thinking, and in the current and historical political climate of their state.

Kinky Friedman's Guide to Texas Etiquette: Or How to Get to Heaven or Hell Without Going Through Dallas-Fort Worth by Kinky Friedman, ISBN 0060935359

Offering provocative essays and profiles, nobody is more qualified to write about Texas than the man known as "the Kinkster"--a man who once formed a country band called Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys. 25 line drawings. Kinky Friedman's Guide to Texas Etiquette: Or How to Get to Heaven or Hell Without Going Through Dallas-Fort Worth by Kinky Friedman, ISBN 0060935359
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Texas Ranger Tales: Stories That Need Telling by Mike Cox, ISBN 1556227329

They were men who could not be stampeded, said the late Colonel Homer Garrison Jr. of the men who wore the badge of the Texas Rangers. Colonist Stephen F. Austin, during the earliest days of Anglo settlement in Texas, wrote that he would employ 10 men to act as 'rangers' for the common defense... and thus, the famous Texas Rangers came into being. An important part of Texas history, these few good men were distinguished, unique even among themselves, and soon, even mythical. The myths and traditions surrounding the Rangers have endured and evolved. Today the Texas Rangers are among the most respected law enforcement agencies in the world. Texas Ranger Tales: Stories That Need Telling by Mike Cox, ISBN 1556227329
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Lone Star: A History of Texas and the Texans by T. R. Fehrenbach, ISBN 0306809427

Here is an up-to-the-moment history of the Lone Star State, together with an insider's look at the people, politics, and events that have shaped Texas from the beginning right up to our days. Never before has the story been told with more vitality and immediacy. Fehrenbach re-creates the Texas saga from prehistory to the Spanish and French invasions to the heyday of the cotton and cattle empires. He dramatically describes the emergence of Texas as a republic, the vote for secession before the Civil War, and the state's readmission to the Union after the War. In the twentieth century oil would emerge as an important economic resource and social change would come. But Texas would remain unmistakably Texas, because Texans "have been made different by the crucible of history; they think and act in different ways, according to the history that shaped their hearts and minds". Lone Star: A History of Texas and the Texans by T. R. Fehrenbach, ISBN 0306809427
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