TY  - BOOK
AU  - Collins,Gail
TI  - As Texas goes--: how the Lone Star State hijacked the American agenda 
SN  - 9780871404077
AV  - JK4816 .C67 2012
U1  - 320.60973 23
PY  - 0000///
CY  - New York
PB  - Liveright Pub. Corporation
KW  - Economic policy
KW  - fast
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Social policy
KW  - Texas
KW  - 1951-
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -