TWENTIETH CENTURY CULTURAL
LIFE IN TEXAS

by RONALD L. DAVIS
1st edition, 50 pages, $10.95
ISBN 978-0-89641-072-5 

This book is one in a series of chapters on Texas History. It surveys the growth of public schools and developments in higher education in Texas during this century. Other essays focus attention on the achievements made in music, drama, and popular recreation. The text emphasizes the shift from rural to urban Texas that has occurred in the twentieth century.

Contents

Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION

Chapter 2: PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Chapter 3: HIGHER EDUCATION

Chapter 4: THEATER

Chapter 5: MUSIC

Chapter 6: POPULAR AMUSEMENTS

About the Author

Ronald L. Davis received his B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. He has taught at Kansas State College and michigan State University and is currently a professor at Southern Methodist University, where he is the director of two prestigious organizations — the DeGolyer Institute for American Studies and the oral History Program on the performing Arts. Ronald is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the Texas Institute of Letters. He has been voted both Favorite Professor and Outstanding Professor at SMU.