Texas: Politics and Government
- ISBN-10
- 0321085558
- ISBN-13
- 9780321085559
- Series
- Texas
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000-07
- Publisher
- Addison-Wesley
- Authors
- Keith Haag, Rex C. Peebles
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- 2021-09-10
- 186 pages
- Paperback
- Legare Street Press
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