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Author Davidson, Roger

Title Masters of the House : Congressional Leadership over Two Centuries
Published Boulder : Routledge, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (358 pages)
Series Transforming American Politics
Transforming American politics.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; Foreword; Credits; Introduction: Rediscovering the ""Masters of the House; 1 The Start of Something New: Clay, Stevenson, Polk, and the Development of the Speakership, 1789â#x80;#x93;1869; 2 Thomas Brackett Reed and the Rise of Party Government; 3 Uncle Joe Cannon: The Brakeman of the House of Representatives, 1903â#x80;#x93;1911; 4 Oscar W. Underwood: The First Modern House Leader, 1911â#x80;#x93;1915; 5 Nicholas Longworth: The Genial Czar; 6 John Nance Garner
7 The Speaker and the Presidents: Sam Rayburn, the White House, and the Legislative Process, 1941â#x80;#x93;19618 Hale Boggs: The Southerner as National Democrat; 9 Gerald R. Ford, Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, 1965â#x80;#x93;1973; 10 Tip O'Neill and Contemporary House Leadership; Epilogue: Leaders Talk about Leadership; About the Editors and Contributors; Index
Summary Much of this nations political life and public policy have been shaped by a handful of powerful peoplethe leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives. Masters of the House identifies enduring patterns of House leadership, explaining the effects of such factors as party strength, White HouseCongressional relations, leaders formal prerogatives, members expectations, public attitudes, shifts in the policy agenda, and leaders personal attributes and style. Ten chapters cover such colorful and diverse personalities as Henry Clay, Joe Cannon, Hale Boggs, and Tip ONeill. Coeditors Roger Davidson, Susan Hammond, and Raymond Smock have blended essays by political scientists, historians, and journalists into an integrated treatment of House leadership over time, including an analysis of emerging trends in the 1990s. Much of this nations political life and public policy have been shaped by a handful of powerful peoplethe leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives. Masters of the House identifies enduring patterns of House leadership, explaining the effects of such factors as party strength, White HouseCongressional relations, leaders formal prerogatives, members expectations, public attitudes, shifts in the policy agenda, and leaders personal attributes and style. Ten chapters cover such colorful and diverse personalities as Henry Clay, Joe Cannon, Hale Boggs, and Tip ONeill. Coeditors Roger Davidson, Susan Hammond, and Raymond Smock have blended essays by political scientists, historians, and journalists into an integrated treatment of House leadership over time, including an analysis of emerging trends in the 1990s
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject United States. Congress. House -- Speakers -- History
United States. Congress. House -- Leadership -- History
SUBJECT United States. Congress. House fast
USA Congress House of Representatives gnd
Etats-Unis. Congress -- Histoire. ram
Etats-Unis. House of Representatives -- Histoire. ram
Subject Political leadership -- United States
Leadership
Orators
Political leadership
Politics and government
Speaker
Het Congres.
Parlementen.
Partijleiders.
Leadership politique -- Etats-Unis.
SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140410
Subject United States
Etats-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Hammond, Susan Webb
Smock, Raymond W
ISBN 9780429978654
0429978650
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9780429967573
0429499027
9780429499029
1429488387
9781429488389