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010 _a 2017031324
020 _a9780525520108 (hardback)
020 _z9780525520115 (ebook)
042 _apcc
043 _an-us-tx
040 _aDLC
_beng
_erda
_cDLC
_dDLC
050 0 0 _aF391.2
_b.W75 2018
082 0 0 _a917.6404
_223
084 _aHIS036130
_aBIO002000
_aPOL020000
_2bisacsh
100 1 _aWright, Lawrence,
_d1947-
245 1 0 _aGod save Texas :
_ba journey into the soul of the Lone Star State /
_cLawrence Wright.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bAlfred A. Knopf,
_c2018.
300 _a349 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c22 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
520 _a"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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
600 1 0 _aWright, Lawrence,
_d1947-
_xTravel
_zTexas.
600 1 0 _aHarrigan, Stephen,
_d1948-
_xTravel
_zTexas.
651 0 _aTexas
_xDescription and travel.
651 0 _aTexas
_xPolitics and government
_y21st century.
651 0 _aTexas
_xSocial conditions
_y21st century.
651 0 _aTexas
_xEconomic conditions
_y21st century.
650 7 _aHISTORY / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX).
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural Heritage.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / State & Provincial.
_2bisacsh
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aWright, Lawrence, 1947- author.
_tGod save Texas
_dNew York : Knopf, 2018
_z9780525520115
_w(DLC) 2017044473
999 _c36530
_d36530