Texas changed enormously in the twentieth century, and much 
of that transformation was a direct product of social and cultural 
events. Standard histories of Texas traditionally focus on political, 
military, and economic topics, with emphasis on the nineteenth 
century. In Twentieth-Century Texas: A Social and Cultural History, 
editors John W. Storey and Mary L. Kelley offer a much-needed 
corrective.

    Written with both general and academic audiences in mind, the 
fifteen essays herein cover Indians, Mexican Americans, African 
Americans, women, religion, war on the homefront, music, literature, 
film, art, sports, philanthropy, education, the environment, and 
science and technology in twentieth-century Texas. Each essay, 
written by a prominent scholar in the field, is able to stand alone, 
supplemented with appropriate photographs, notes, and a selected 
bibliography.

    This anthology will appeal to anyone interested in the social and 
cultural development of the state. It will also prove useful in the 
college classroom, especially for Texas history courses.

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JOHN W. STOREY is a regents professor of history at Lamar 
University in Beaumont, Texas. He is the author of Texas Baptist 
Leadership and Social Christianity, and coauthor of Southern 
Baptists of Southeast Texas, The Religious Right, and Religion and 
Politics. MARY L. KELLEY is an associate professor of history at 
Lamar University and a Fulbright Scholar. She has published The 
Foundations of Texan Philanthropy and is currently working on a 
volume about Texas women in the twentieth century.