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A legacy of leadership : governors and American history / edited by Clayton McClure Brooks.
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- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Governors--United States--History--20th century.
- Governors.
- Women governors--United States.
- Women governors.
- Decentralization in government.
- History.
- United States.
- Decentralization in government--United States--History--20th century.
- United States--Politics and government--20th century.
- Politics and government.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 288 pages, 21 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
- Other Title:
- Penn Press e-books.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2008]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Contents:
- Governing the twentieth century: building a history of the modern governorship / Clayton McClure Brooks
- Challenges of a new century: Woodrow Wilson and the Progressive Era / John Milton Cooper
- Huey Long and the Great Depression: rise of a populist demagogue / Richard D. White
- The gangbuster as governor: Thomas E. Dewey and the Republican New Deal / Richard Norton Smith
- Connecting the United States: governors and the building of the interstate system / Dan McNichol
- Governors in the Civil Rights Era: the Wallace factor / Jeff Frederick
- Preparing for the presidency: the political education of Ronald Reagan / Lou Cannon
- Devolution in American Federalism in the twentieth century / Richard P. Nathan
- The case of Ann Richards: women in the gubernatorial office / Jan Reid
- Conclusion: the evolution of the gubernatorial office: United States governors over the twentieth century
- Afterword: governing the twenty-first century
- Timeline of governors and states in the twentieth century.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page [247-273]) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9780812208993
- 0812208994
- OCLC:
- 756583429
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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