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The Establishment in Texas Politics: The Primitive Years, 1938–1957

(Contributions in Political Science #21)

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Texas has a history of producing nationally prominent leaders. It is also important for its burgeoning population and its natural resources. Few can argue that its politics are not fascinating.


The years from 1938 to 1957 were the most primitive period of rule by the Texas Establishment, a loosely knit plutocracy of the Anglo upper classes answering only to the vested inter
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Paperback, 320 pages
Published March 15th 1984 by University of Oklahoma Press (first published March 15th 1979)
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