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Book SynopsisThere is the story the Lone Star State likes to tell about itself - and then there is the reality, a Texas past that bears little resemblance to the manly Anglo myth of Texas exceptionalism. This book takes aim at this traditional narrative, holding both academic and lay historians accountable for the ways in which they craft the state's story.
Trade ReviewTy Cashion has written an optimistic and ultimately cheerful book: He argues that we have arrived at a tipping point, a point where drawing from the best of traditional history and revisionist history and inspired by the recent emphasis on cultural history a new organizing principle can emerge that unites historians and all Texans. Cashion believes that out of this yet-to-be-fully-determined organizing principle a new, more 'usable' history will evolve that better fits the culturally diverse present-day Texas. For those interested in the interaction of popular culture and history, and for those searching for a way forward from the divisiveness of our times, this is a must-read."" - Walter L. Buenger, author of
The Path to a Modern South: Northeast Texas between Reconstruction and the Great Depression
