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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. An interesting read, especially for a life-long Texan who also taught Texas history. I failed to uncover anything very revealing. Almost everything covered was information any Texan has reviewed often in the news. The main complaint I have is that there is not a thread that ties all the stories/reports together. It seems to be a series of separate essays gathered up from over the years. It is loosely tied together by the author telling about his travels to this place or that, stories of whom he met or traveled with at the time, and what he experienced there. I thought there would be an overarching theme or message to his stories, but if it's there it is well hidden. The only thread I noticed is a decidedly anti-conservatism throughout. He is quite critical of almost all Texas conservative politicians and political supporters. Nothing really offensive, but he just isn't equally critical of the more liberal Texans. Lawrence Wright's book "God Save Texas" is part memoir, part personal stories, and part a look into into Texas culture, history, politics and current events. Some parts are slow and drag, but other parts quite interesting. It's a little scary hearing about some of the people who get elected there though. One, on voting against bi-lingual education, explained ... "if English was good enough for Jesus, it should be good enough for everybody". Or, another official, on why there are no dinosaurs alive today, stated that it's because when Noah picked dinosaur pairs to board the Ark, he selected a pair too young, and they weren't able to breed. Overall, the stories contained are insightful and interesting, and told with a bit of humor. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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La exploración de uno de los estados más controvertidos de Norteamérica desde la penetrante mirada y el humor de un nativo. Texas, el llamado estado de la estrella solitaria, se parece mucho a la América que Donald Trump tanto anhela construir. El estado, profundamente republicano, no ha elegido a un demócrata como representante en más de veinte años. No obstante, las principales ciudades texanas son demócratas, de las más diversas de la nación, y sus minorías, como por ejemplo la comunidad musulmana, ya empiezan a conformar mayorías. Mientras Texas, un estado conocido por ser el rey del petróleo, ha logrado superar a California exportando tecnología, su crecimiento económico se ve cuestionado por importantes brechas salariales. En esta obra, el escritor texano Lawrence Wright expone estos y otros datos que contribuyen a evidenciar la disparidad que gobierna en el seno de la sociedad texana y refleja cómo eran, cómo son y cómo podrían ser en un futuro los Estados Unidos de América. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A New York Times Notable Book National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist An NPR Best Book of the Year God Save Texas is a journey through the most controversial state in America. It is a red state, but the cities are blue and among the most diverse in the nation. Oil is still king, but Texas now leads California in technology exports. Low taxes and minimal regulation have produced extraordinary growth, but also striking income disparities. Texas looks a lot like the America that Donald Trump wants to create. Bringing together the historical and the contemporary, the political and the personal, Texas native Lawrence Wright gives us a colorful, wide-ranging portrait of a state that not only reflects our country as it is, but as it may become--and shows how the battle for Texas's soul encompasses us all. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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I learned a lot about the power and culture of Texas from Lawrence Wright's God Save Texas. The chapter that covers fracking can't be beat. The stories are funny, sometimes shocking and the author tends to meander off the subject sometimes. The book held my interest except for the meander which was mostly at the end. If you are thinking about moving to Texas, definitely read this book and then decide. Personally this state is too big for me. But I cannot find a more affordable place. ( )