Lone star nation : how Texas will transform America / Richard Parker.

An eye-opening look at the most explosive and controversial state in America, where everything is bigger, bolder--and shaping our nation's future in surprising ways. To most Americans, Texas has been that love-it-or-hate-it slice of the country that has sparked controversy, bred presidents, and fome...

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Main Author: Parker, Richard (Journalist) (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Pegasus Books, 2014.
Edition:First Pegasus Books edition.
Subjects:
Social change > Texas.
Texas > Social conditions.
Texas > Politics and government > 21st century.
Physical Description:xv, 272 pages, 16 unnumbered unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, photographs ; 24 cm
Variant Title:
How Texas will transform America.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Texas
  • Great migrations
  • The cowboy
  • A century of oil
  • American colossus
  • The fountain of youth
  • Legacy and promise
  • Promise and peril
  • Disaster
  • Abdication of power
  • Pink, purple, and blue
  • The anointed one
  • Texas, 2014
  • Texas and America, 2050
  • Texas, reconsidered.