Lone Star Nation: How Texas Will Transform America

Texas has sparked controversy, bred presidents, and caused turmoil from the Civil War to George W. Bush. But Texas is changing—and it will change America. Author Richard Parker takes readers on a tour of today’s booming Texas, a densely urban, overwhelmingly Hispanic, and powerful global economy. This Texas must ensure upward mobility, reinvigorate democratic rights, and confront climate change to continue its economic boom. This Texas is different from the one of George W. Bush or Rick Perry. It will remake the American experience in the twenty-first century, with surprising economic, political, and social consequences. Parker analyzes the powerful, interviews the insightful, and tells the story of everyday people because one in ten Americans in this century will call Texas home.

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