The Imprint of Congress / David R. Mayhew.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mayhew, David R., author.

Series:

Henry L. Stimson lectures.

The Henry L. Stimson Lectures Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Congresses--History.

United States.

Legislators--United States--History.

Legislators.

United States--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

What kind of job has America's routinely disparaged legislative body actually done? In The Imprint of Congress, the distinguished congressional scholar David R. Mayhew gives us an insightful historical analysis of the U.S. Congress's performance from the late eighteenth century to today, exploring what its lasting imprint has been on American politics and society. Mayhew suggests that Congress has balanced the presidency in a surprising variety of ways, and in doing so, it has contributed to the legitimacy of a governing system faced by an often fractious public.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Impulses and Imprints

2 .Building a State and a Nation

3 .Surges and Their Constraints

4. Depression and the Welfare State

5 .After World War II

6. The Climate and the Debt

7. Legitimacy, Messiness, and Reflections

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

9780300227949

0300227949

OCLC:

1059280717