Gerrymandering Texas /

Gerrymandering Texas /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Bickerstaff, Steve, author.
Imprint:	Lubbock, Texas, USA : Texas Tech University Press, [2020] ©2020
Description:	xxiv, 247 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Texas. -- Legislature -- Election districts. Texas. -- Legislature. Gerrymandering -- Texas -- History. Election districts -- Texas -- History. Apportionment (Election law) -- Texas -- History. Administrative and political divisions. Apportionment (Election law) Election districts. Gerrymandering. Texas -- Administrative and political divisions. Texas. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12556329

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Other authors / contributors:	Heath, C. Robert, 1947- editor, author of foreword.
ISBN:	9781682830734 168283073X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-235) and index.

Table of Contents:

Foreword / C. Robert Heath
Introduction
Redistricting and gerrymandering
Is gerrymandering legal?
The long reign of Texas Democrats (1836-1960)
Reapportionment revolution (1961-1970)
Urban changes (1971-1980)
Political sea change in Texas (1981-2000)
Republican ascension (2001-2010)
Republican dominance (2011-2019)
Strategies for redistricting Texas in 2021
Undoing gerrymandering
Postscript
Appendix.