Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. 1. Nineteenth-Century Republicanism 1
5. 2. The Early-Twentieth- Century Republicans 17
6. 3. Creager and Wurzbach. The Patronage Wars 28
7. 4. From Roosevelt to Truman 53
8. 5. The Eisenhower Years 71
9. 6. The 1960s Breakthrough 103
10. 7. After Goldwater 137
11. 8. The Highs and Lows of the 1970s 169
12. 9. Breaking the Glass Ceiling 202
13. 10. The Reagan-Bush Years 231
14. 11. George W. Bush and the Republican Majority 273
15. 12. The Year That Changed Texas Politics 294
16. 13. Bush 43 and Governor Perry 313
17. 14. The Bush Era Transitions 346
18. 15. Donald Trump and the Republican Future 373
19. Acknowledgments 388
20. Notes 389
21. Index 461