As Texas goes-- : how the Lone Star State hijacked the American agenda /
Collins, Gail.
As Texas goes-- : how the Lone Star State hijacked the American agenda / Gail Collins. - 1st ed. - New York : Liveright Pub. Corporation, - 267 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-230) and index.
Remember the Alamo -- Empty places -- It's my party -- Financial deregulation: the Texas angle -- No child left behind -- The business of schools -- The textbook wars -- Speedy the sperm and friends -- Cooling to global warming -- The Texas miracle, part II -- The other side of the coin -- We've seen the future, and it's Texas.
The author explains how Texas politicians Bush, Cheney, Rove, & Perry created a conservative political agenda based on banking deregulation, lax environmental standards, draconian tax cuts, states rights, gun ownership, and sexual abstinence that is now sweeping the country and defining our national identity.
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Economic policy.
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As Texas goes-- : how the Lone Star State hijacked the American agenda / Gail Collins. - 1st ed. - New York : Liveright Pub. Corporation, - 267 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-230) and index.
Remember the Alamo -- Empty places -- It's my party -- Financial deregulation: the Texas angle -- No child left behind -- The business of schools -- The textbook wars -- Speedy the sperm and friends -- Cooling to global warming -- The Texas miracle, part II -- The other side of the coin -- We've seen the future, and it's Texas.
The author explains how Texas politicians Bush, Cheney, Rove, & Perry created a conservative political agenda based on banking deregulation, lax environmental standards, draconian tax cuts, states rights, gun ownership, and sexual abstinence that is now sweeping the country and defining our national identity.
9780871404077 0871404079
W W Norton & Co Inc, Keystone Industrial Park Attn Mike Charnogursky 800 Keystone Industrial Park, Scranton, PA, USA, 18512 SAN 202-5795
2012007794
Since 1951
Economic policy.
Politics and government
Social policy.
Texas--Politics and government--1951-
Texas--Social policy.
Texas--Economic policy.
Texas.
JK4816 / .C67 2012
320.60973
320.6 C712a