Reconstruction to Reform: Texas Politics 1876-1906 [SIGNED]

Barr, Alwyn

ISBN 10: 0292701357 / ISBN 13: 9780292701359

Published by University of Texas Press, Austin, 1971

About this Item

Very good copy with author signature on title page. Dj protected in mylar. Orig. pub. price of $8.50 still showing on front flap of dj. P.O. book plate on front paste-down. Mild dj edge wear. Foxing to top edge.

Seller Inventory # 005550

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reconstruction to Reform: Texas Politics 1876-1906 [SIGNED]
• Publisher: University of Texas Press, Austin
• Publication Date: 1971
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0292701357
• ISBN 13: 9780292701359
• Binding: Cloth
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Texana
  • Political Parties

About this title

Synopsis

In the only full account of Texas politics from 1876 to 1906, Alwyn Barr looks at challenges to the dominant Democratic Party from the farmer- and labor-based Greenback and Populist parties and examines key debates over land policy, prohibition, and voting rights. Barr places the colorful politicians, parties, and campaigns within the perspective of national political and economic trends of the Gilded Age and Progressive Period. He traces struggles by African Americans to maintain their right to vote in the face of white efforts to disfranchise them, setting the stage for twentieth-century court cases.

About the Author

ALWYN BARR is the author of many articles and books on Texas history and politics including Black Texans (1973), Polignac's Texas Brigade (1964), and Texans in Revolt: The Battle for San Jacinto, 1835 (1990). A past president of the Texas State Historical Association, he is professor and former chair of the History Department at Texas Tech University.