Twentieth-Century Texas

by Storey, John W.

• ISBN13: 9781574412451
• ISBN10: 1574412450
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-03-01
• Publisher: Univ of North Texas Pr

Summary

Texas changed enormously in the twentieth century, and much of that transformation was a direct product of social and cultural events. Standard histories of Texas traditionally focus on political, military, and economic topics, with emphasis on the nineteenth century. In Twentieth-Century Texas: A Social and Cultural History editors John W. Storey and Mary L. Kelley offer a much-needed corrective.
Written with both general and academic audiences in mind, the fourteen essays herein cover Indians, Mexican Americans, African Americans, women, religion, war on the homefront, music, literature, film, art, sports, philanthropy, education, the environment, and science and technology in twentieth-century Texas. Each essay is able to stand alone, supplemented with appropriate photographs, notes, and a selected bibliography.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. v
Introduction	p. 1
Manifestations of the Lone Star: The Search for Indian Sovereignty	p. 9
The Quest for Identity and Citizenship: Mexican Americans in Twentieth-Century Texas	p. 41
The Struggle for Dignity: African Americans in Twentieth-Century Texas	p. 69
From Farm to Future: Women's Journey through Twentieth-Century Texas	p. 105
Pagodas amid the Steeples: The Changing Religious Landscape	p. 135
Over Here: Texans on the Home Front	p. 164
From Yellow Roses to Dixie Chicks: Women and Gender in Texas Music History	p. 196
Goodbye Ol' Paint, Hello Rapid Transit: Texas Literature in the Twentieth Century	p. 220
Lone Star Cinema: A Century of Texas in the Movies	p. 245
"Wider Than the Limits of Our State": Texas Art in the Twentieth Century	p. 267
The Games Texans Play	p. 300
Private Wealth, Public Good: Texans and Philanthropy	p. 324
Public Schools Come of Age	p. 358
Lone Star Landscape: Texans and Their Environment	p. 387
The Second Texas Revolution: From Cotton to Genetics and the Information Age	p. 417
Contributors	p. 443
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