Rough Country: How Texas Became America S Most Powerful Bible-Belt State

by Robert Wuthnow

Book Overview

How the history of Texas illuminates America's post-Civil War past

Tracing the intersection of religion, race, and power in Texas from Reconstruction through the rise of the Religious Right and the failed presidential bid of Governor Rick Perry, Rough Country illuminates American history since the Civil War in new ways, demonstrating that Texas's story is also America's. In particular, Robert Wuthnow shows how distinctions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691159890
• ISBN13: 9780691159898
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 664 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.9" x 9.9"