A populist history of Texas

This week on Texas Matters — The story of Texas that we typically hear is one with a conservative bias.But there are parts of Texas history that reflect a more progressive vein of the state’s identity. Stories of the fence cutters, the great cowboy strike and the struggle against the power of big business. The new book "The Myth of Red Texas: Cowboys, Populism, and Class War in the Radical South" challenges the common view of Texas history.

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A populist history of Texas is an episode from Texas Matters by TPR.

This episode is 29:00 long.

This episode was published on Apr 10, 2026.

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