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Leading representatives : the agency of leaders in the politics of the U.S. House / Randall Strahan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Strahan, Randall.
- Series:
- Interpreting American politics.
- Interpreting American politics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Congress. House--Leadership.
- United States.
- United States. Congress. House--Biography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (280 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This engagingly written book will be of interest to political scholars of all stripes as well as readers inclined to learn more about the history and inner workings of the House.
- Contents:
- Leading representatives
- Explaining Congressional leadership
- Henry Clay : the unionist as speaker
- Thomas Reed : the responsible partisan as speaker
- Newt Gingrich: the transformative leader as speaker
- Conclusion : Congressional leadership and its limits
- Notes
- References
- Tables and figures.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-232) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-9898-6
- OCLC:
- 649906430
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