8. Beautiful Texas: The 1940s

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents xiii
3. Prologue 1
4. 1. Remain Quietly: The 1870s 14
5. 2. Our Defective Plan: The 1880s 34
6. 3. Elites and Aliens: The 1890s 47
7. 4. The Bosses: The 1900s 64
8. 5. Legislative Rest: The 1910s 85
9. 6. The Second Coming: The 1920s 105
10. 7. Black Blizzards: The 1930s 127
11. 8. Beautiful Texas: The 1940s 148
12. 9. I Have a Plaintiff: The 1950s 181
13. 10. The Mink Coat Mob: The 1960s 203
14. 11. Bitten by the Political Bug: The 1970s 223
15. 12. The Sands Have Shifted: The 1980s 246
16. 13. Reality Day: The 1990s 267
17. 14. Smear Tactics: The 2000s 291
18. 15. Total Command: The 2010s 308
19. Epilogue 322
20. Acknowledgments 328
21. Notes 333
22. Photo Credits 351
23. Index 354