There are hundreds of books on 19th Century Texas history, but if you're interested in the last 100 or so years, there are some really good books on the Lone Star state in the 20th century! In this episode....which turned into a two part series, Scott and Gene discuss what they think are some good books to get you started on learning more about modern Texas history.

In part I, we discuss the following books: 

• Twentieth Century Texas: A Social and Cultural History, edited by John Storey and Mary Kelley (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2008). https://a.co/d/cCfDQBy
• Debbie Mauldin Cottrell, Pioneer Woman Educator: The Progressive Spirit of Annie Webb Blanton (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1993).  https://a.co/d/83HW7Vl
• John Bainbridge, The Super-Americans (New York: Holt, Reinhart, and Winston, 1972).  https://a.co/d/hASq0bM
• Roberto Trevino, The Church in the Barrio: Mexican-American Ethno-Catholicism in Houston (Chappel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2006).  https://a.co/d/eDy3arM
• Kathleen Blee, Women of the Klan: Racism and Gender in the 1920s (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008),  https://a.co/d/cuCAMHC
• Guadalupe San Miguel, "Let All of Them Take Heed:" Mexican Americans and the Campaign for Educational Equality in Texas, 1910 - 1981 ( College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2000). https://a.co/d/blR4Yey
• Richard A. Garcia, Rise of the Mexican American Middle Class: San Antonio, 1929 0 1941 ( College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2000).  https://a.co/d/3McugVK