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Profiles in power : twentieth-century Texans in Washington / edited by Kenneth E. Hendrickson, Jr., Michael L. Collins, Patrick Cox.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Focus on American history series.
- Focus on American history series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Legislators--Texas--Biography.
- Legislators.
- Politicians--Texas--Biography.
- Politicians.
- United States--Politics and government--20th century.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 374 p. : ill.
- Edition:
- New ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Profiles in Power offers concise biographies of fourteen twentieth-century Texans who wielded significant political power and influence in Washington, D.C. First published in 1993 by Harlan Davidson, it has been revised and updated with new chapters on John Nance Garner and Henry Gonzalez and expanded chapters on Lyndon Johnson, Barbara Jordan, Ralph Yarborough, Jim Wright, and John Tower. Demonstrating the validity of a biographical approach to history, the book as a whole covers all the major political issues of the twentieth century, as well as the pivotal role of Texans in defining the national agenda.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Edward M. House
- Morris Sheppard
- John Nance Garner
- Jesse Jones
- Tom Connally
- Sam Rayburn
- Lyndon Baines Johnson
- Ralph Yarborough
- Barbara Jordan
- John Tower
- Jim Wright
- Lloyd Bentsen Jr.
- George Bush
- Henry B. Gonzalez
- Notes
- Contributors
- Index
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-292-79842-3
- OCLC:
- 932326529
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