Edward H. Miller is adjunct professor of history at Northeastern University in Boston.
"If you want to read a riveting account of how the Republican Party
became conservative after World War II, pick up a copy of Edward H.
Miller's Nut Country. What makes this journey into political
history so captivating is the local story of Dallas. From the pews
of the First Baptist Church to the lobby of the Adolphus Hotel,
Miller walks his readers vividly through the webs of family ties,
social rituals, and political brokering through which locals
participated in establishing a spectrum of conservative positions
rather than a set ideological stance. Be prepared to have your
definition of 'conservative' broadened by the fine research of this
book."--Michelle Nickerson, author of Mothers of Conservatism
"With Texas-sized ambition and a touch of flair, Edward Miller taps
the fascinating history of a surprisingly understudied
place--Dallas, the 'Athens of the Southwest'--to reorient our
understanding of America's Republican Right. Out of the heated
warfare that divided this city's ultra- and moderate conservatives
during the 1950s and 1960s emerged a pragmatic, potent, and anxious
Republicanism that would capture the south in the 1970s and the
nation in the years that followed. Packed full with colorful
characters and surprising turning points, rich with historical
insight yet pertinent to today, Nut Country is a book that students
of U.S. (not just Texas!) history need to digest in order to
appreciate why the 'Big D's' brand of politics has long held
sway."--Darren Dochuk, author of From Bible Belt to Sunbelt
Well-researched and briskly written. . . . A timely, intelligent,
and penetrating book."
--Sam Tanenhaus "New York Times Book Review"
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