Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Chapter 1. Texas Newspapers and Modernization
• Chapter 2. The Evolution of the Texas Press
• Chapter 3. Expansion and Consolidation: Individual Publishers
• Chapter 4. "An Enemy Closer to Us than Any European Power"
• Chapter 5. The Forces of Traditionalism and the Challenge from the Invisible Empire
• Chapter 6. Texas Newspapers, the Crash of 1929, and the Great Depression
• Chapter 7. Newspapers and the 1936 Texas Centennial
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index

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A fascinating look at how newspaper publishers including A. H. Belo and George B. Dealey (Dallas Morning News), William P. Hobby and Oveta Culp Hobby (Houston Post), Jesse H. Jones (Houston Chronicle), and Amon G. Carter Sr. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) played a crucial role in transforming Texas into a modern state.

About the Author

Patrick L. Cox served as the Associate Director of the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin and is now an independent scholar, contributing to National Public Radio and other media.

Reviews

Those interested in how power is used -- as well as who gets to wield it -- will enjoy this contribution to the study of journalism, often called the rough draft of history.
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