Oklahoma is a plains state exemplifying the Middle American virtues of family, lodge, and church; a southern state in the path of the power shift from the indus-trial East to the energy-rich sunbelt; a western state of modern cowboys and rodeos. Small wonder its political culture is so varied. The authors of Oklahoma Politics and Policies contend that Oklahoma is a paradox a state struggling for a clear sense of identity where the old and new vie for the allegiance of its citizens.David R. Morgan, Robert E. England, and George O. Humphreys examine the history of Oklahoma and the place...