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1 online resource (xvii, 558 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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illustration |
| Contents |
Prologue -- The Early Years -- Kean Comes of Age -- In the Service of His Father -- Kean Finds His Calling -- The Precocious Freshman -- The Institutional Reformer -- In the Minority But Not in the Wilderness -- The Making of the Governor, 1981 -- A Truncated Transition -- Kean Settles In -- Building New Jersey Pride -- The Education Governor -- Kean and the Arts -- Kean the Environmentalist -- The Politics of Inclusion -- The Administrator -- The Reelection of the Governor, 1985 -- The Storm over the Wilentz Case -- Kean Reforms Welfare -- The Man with the Message -- Citizen Kean -- Chairing the 9-11Commission -- Epilogue |
| Summary |
Long before Bill Clinton spoke of ""triangulation, "" a term that referred to a centrist governing style, prior to Tony Blair repositioning the British Labor Party midway between Thatcher conservatism and militant trade unionism, and far ahead of George W. Bush referring to his agenda as ""compassionate conservatism, "" there was Tom Kean. From the moment of his election to the New Jersey state assembly in 1967, through his guidance of the 9/11 Commission nearly three decades later, Kean consistently displayed a knack for bipartisan leadership. In this first political biography of on |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-523) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Kean, Thomas H.
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Kean, Thomas H. fast |
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United States. Congress. House -- Biography
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National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States.
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Drew University -- Presidents -- Biography
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Drew University fast |
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National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States fast |
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United States. Congress. House fast |
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Legislators -- United States -- Biography
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Governors -- New Jersey -- Biography
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Legislators -- New Jersey -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- State & Local.
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HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
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Governors
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Legislators
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Politics and government
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Presidents
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New Jersey -- Politics and government -- 1951- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091344
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New Jersey
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2005024908 |
| ISBN |
9780813539867 |
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0813539862 |
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1282133578 |
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9781282133570 |
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9786613806154 |
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6613806153 |
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