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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brooks, Clayton McClure.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Governors--United States--History--20th century.

Governors.

Women governors--United States.

Women governors.

Decentralization in government--United States--History--20th century.

Decentralization in government.

United States--Politics and government--20th century.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (319 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In A Legacy of Leadership, top scholars and journalists create a new framework for understanding the contributions governors have made to defining democracy and shaping American history. Structured chronologically, A Legacy of Leadership places governors in contrast and comparison with one another as well as within the context of their times to show how a century of dramatic developments-war and peace, depression and prosperity-led governors to rethink and expand their positions of leadership. The nine chapters of compelling new scholarship presented here connect the experiences of dynamic individual governors and the evolution of the gubernatorial office to the broader challenges the United States has faced throughout the turbulent twentieth century. Taken together, they demonstrate how interstate cooperation became essential as governors increasingly embraced national and international perspectives to promote their own states' competitiveness. Published for the centennial of the National Governors Association, A Legacy of Leadership is an eloquent demonstration of how, to a great extent, we live in a country that governors created.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Foreword / Scheppach, Raymond C. / Vettel, Eric J.

Introduction. Governing the Twentieth Century / McClure Brooks, Clayton

Governing the 1910's

Introduction

Chapter One. Challenges of a New Century / Milton Cooper, John

Governing the 1920's and 1930's

Chapter Two. Huey Long and the Great Depression / White, Richard D.

Governing the 1940's

Chapter Three. The Gangbuster as Governor / Norton Smith, Richard

Governing the 1950's

Chapter Four. Connecting the United States / McNichol, Dan

Governing the 1960's

Chapter Five. Governors in the Civil Rights Era / Frederick, Jeff

Governing the 1970's

Chapter Six. Preparing for the Presidency / Cannon, Lou

Governing the 1980's

Chapter Seven. Devolution in American Federalism in the Twentieth Century / Nathan, Richard P.

Governing the 1990's

Chapter Eight. The Case of Ann Richards / Reid, Jan

Conclusion: The Evolution of the Gubernatorial Office / Beyle, Thad L.

Afterword: Governing the Twenty-First Century / McClure Brooks, Clayton

Timeline of Governors and States in the Twentieth Century

Notes

Further Resources

Contributors

Index

Acknowledgments

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [247-273]) and index.

ISBN:

9780812208993

0812208994

OCLC:

756583429