Politics and Power : The United States Senate, 1869-1901 / David J. Rothman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rothman, David J., author.

Series:

Center for the Study of the History of Liberty in America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Politics and government--1865-1900.

United States. Congress. -- Senate.

Local Subjects:

United States--Politics and government--1865-1900.

United States. Congress. -- Senate.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (358 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Frontmatter

Foreword / Handlin, Oscar

Acknowledgments / Rothman, David

CONTENTS

TABLES

Charts

Illustrations

Introduction

Part One. The Origins of the Modern Senate

I. THE LIMITS OF PARTY

II. THE DYNAMICS OF LEADERSHIP

III.THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS

Part Two. Politics and Society The Elements of Change

IV. THE ASCENT TO POWER

V.THE POLITICAL PROFESSION

VI. THE STRUCTURE OF STATE POLITICS

VII. THE BUSINESS OF INFLUENCE

VIII. IN DEFENSE OF PARTY GOVERNMENT

Part Three. The Uses of Power

IX. THE PEOPLE AND THEIR GOVERNMENT

Appendixes. Bibliographical Note. Notes. Index

APPENDIX A. PROCEDURES FOLLOWED IN PRESENTING THE CAREERS OF UNITED STATES SENATORS

APPENDIX Β. PARTY MEMBERSHIP, SOCIAL ORIGINS, AND POLITICAL CAREERS

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

NOTES

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

0-674-86446-8

OCLC:

1013962501