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OverviewNewspaper publishers played a crucial role in transforming Texas into a modern state. By promoting expanded industrialization and urbanization, as well as a more modern image of Texas as a southwestern, rather than southern, state, news barons in the early decades of the twentieth century laid the groundwork for the enormous economic growth and social changes that followed World War II. Yet their contribution to the modernization of Texas is largely unrecognized. This book investigates how newspaper owners such as A. H. Belo and George B. Dealey of the Dallas Morning News, Edwin Kiest of the Dallas Times Herald, William P. Hobby and Oveta Culp Hobby of the Houston Post, Jesse H. Jones and Marcellus Foster of the Houston Chronicle, and Amon G. Carter Sr. of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram paved the way for the modern state of Texas. Patrick Cox explores how these news barons identified the needs of the state and set out to attract the private investors and public funding that would boost the state's civic and military infrastructure, oil and gas industries, real estate market, and agricultural production. He shows how newspaper owners used events such as the Texas Centennial to promote tourism and create a uniquely Texan identity for the state. To balance the record, Cox also demonstrates that the news barons downplayed the interests of significant groups of Texans, including minorities, the poor and underemployed, union members, and a majority of women. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Patrick L. Cox , Wanda Garner CashPublisher: University of Texas Press Imprint: University of Texas Press Edition: annotated edition Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9780292709775ISBN 10: 0292709773 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 01 November 2005 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1. Texas Newspapers and ModernizationChapter 2. The Evolution of the Texas PressChapter 3. Expansion and Consolidation: Individual PublishersChapter 4. ""An Enemy Closer to Us than Any European Power""Chapter 5. The Forces of Traditionalism and the Challenge from the Invisible EmpireChapter 6. Texas Newspapers, the Crash of 1929, and the Great DepressionChapter 7. Newspapers and the 1936 Texas CentennialConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex"ReviewsThose 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. -- Gary B. Borders East Texas Historical Association 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. * East Texas Historical Association * Author InformationPatrick 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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