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A legacy of leadership : governors and American history / edited by Clayton McClure Brooks.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Brooks, Clayton McClure.
University of Pennsylvania. Press.
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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