| Description |
xxii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Note |
"The papers and commentary from 'Understanding Congress: a Bicentennial Research Conference, ' February 9-10, 1989, Washington, DC." |
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"Sponsored by the U.S. Senate Commission on the Bicentennial [and] the Commission on the Bicentenary of the U.S. House of Representatives [and] the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Approaches to Congress. The study of Congress ; Time and history on the hill ; What we ought to know about our national legislature -- Researching Congress: the paradox of sources. The historian's dilemma ; The future of the history of Congress ; Commentaries on congressional research -- The examined life: writing congressional biographies. On the trail of Lyndon Johnson ; Commentaries on biography -- Separate but equal: two hundred years of legislative-executive-judicial relations. The separation doctrine in the twentieth century ; A primer in judicial-congressional relations ; Reflections on the two-hundred year experience -- Congress in the public eye: media and public. The Congress, the press, and the public ; The public looks at Congress ; Perspectives on Congress and the public. |
| Subject |
United States. Congress -- Congresses.
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| Added Author |
Davidson, Roger H.
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Sachs, Richard C., 1945-
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United States. Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Senate.
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United States. Congress. House. Commission on the Bicentenary.
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Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
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| ISBN |
0160357284 |
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9780160357282 |
| Gpo Item No. |
556-C |
| Sudoc No. |
Y 1.1/7:101-241 |
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