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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827419703321

Titolo

Profiles in power : twentieth-century Texans in Washington / / edited by Kenneth E. Hendrickson, Jr., Michael L. Collins, Patrick Cox

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, TX, : University of Texas Press, c2004

ISBN

0-292-79842-3

Edizione

[New ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xi, 374 p. : ill

Collana

Focus on American history series

Altri autori (Persone)

HendricksonKenneth E

CollinsMichael L. <1950->

CoxPatrick L. <1952->

Disciplina

973.91/092/2764

B

Soggetti

Legislators - Texas

Politicians - Texas

United States Politics and government 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.