Biscuits, the Dole, and Nodding Donkeys

Texas Politics, 1929-1932

Norman D. Brown (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

480 Seiten

2019
University of Texas Press (Verlag)
978-1-4773-1945-1 (ISBN)

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When the venerable historian Norman D. Brown published Hood, Bonnet, and Little Brown Jug in 1984, he earned national acclaim for revealing the audacious tactics at play in Texas politics during the Roaring Twenties, detailing the effects of the Ku Klux Klan, newly enfranchised women, and Prohibition. Shortly before his death in 2015, Brown completed Biscuits, the Dole, and Nodding Donkeys, which picks up just as the Democratic Party was poised for a bruising fight in the 1930 primary. Charting the governorships of Dan Moody, Ross Sterling, Miriam “Ma” Ferguson in her second term, and James V. Allred, this engrossing sequel takes its title from the notion that Texas politicians should give voters what they want (“When you cease to deliver the biscuits they will not be for you any longer,” said Jim “Pa” Ferguson) while remaining wary of federal assistance (the dole) in a state where the economy is fueled by oil pump jacks (nodding donkeys).

Taking readers to an era when a self-serving group of Texas politicians operated in a system that was closed to anyone outside the state’s white, wealthy echelons, Brown unearths a riveting, little-known history whose impact continues to ripple at the capitol.

Norman D. Brown (1935–2015) taught history at the University of Texas at Austin for nearly fifty years before his retirement in 2010. His many previous books include Hood, Bonnet, and Little Brown Jug and Daniel Webster and the Politics of Availability. Rachel Ozanne holds a PhD in history from the University of Texas at Austin, where she currently teaches. She is also on the faculty of Austin Community College.

Foreword. Dr. Norman D. Brown: An Appreciation, by Jacqueline Jones
Editor's Introduction, by Rachel Ozanne
Chapter 1. Tom Cat Lands on His Feet
Chapter 2. Daniel in the Legislative Lions' Den
Chapter 3. A Sterling Victory
Chapter 4. The Sterling Years
Chapter 5. Texas Again Tangled in Ma's Apron Strings
Chapter 6. Garnering Votes for Cactus Jack
Chapter 7. Roosevelt and Garner
Chapter 8. The Politics of Relief and Repeal
Epilogue. "Pass the Biscuits, Pappy!"
Notes
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	23.10.2019
Einführung	Rachel Ozanne
Zusatzinfo	13 b&w photos
Verlagsort	Austin, TX
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	794 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-4773-1945-X / 147731945X
ISBN-13	978-1-4773-1945-1 / 9781477319451
Zustand	Neuware