TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wright,Lawrence
TI  - God save Texas: a journey into the soul of the Lone Star State 
SN  - 9780525520108 (hardback)
AV  - F391.2 .W75 2018
U1  - 917.6404 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - New York
PB  - Alfred A. Knopf
KW  - Wright, Lawrence,
KW  - Harrigan, Stephen,
KW  - HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural Heritage
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / State & Provincial
KW  - Texas
KW  - Description and travel
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Economic conditions
N2  - "Explores the history, culture, and politics of Texas, while holding the stereotypes up for rigorous scrutiny. God Save Texas is a journey through 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 number of Muslim adherents). 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. And Wright's profound portrait of the state not only reflects our country back as it is, but as it was and as it might be"--
ER  -