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| | H-Net Review: Mary L. Kelley on Gone to Texas: A History of the Lone Star State |
 | | Rather, the majority of the men who led Texas were scalawags--native southern Republicans--and most of the economic elite did not lose their lands or wealth. |
 | | As Campbell observes, Texas history has embodied many of the ideals and emotions shared by many Americans, that is, a devotion to personal liberty, rampant individualism, and economic opportunity. |
 | | Although Texas may be less distinctive by the twentieth century, as Campbell suggests, the pivotal events of the modern age--oil, urbanization, population diversity, Republican resurgence, education, welfare, and the environment--require an in-depth treatment, perhaps more than a one-volume study can provide. |
| www.h-net.org /reviews/showrev.cgi?path=282501078820056 (1181 words) |
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