| Description |
xiv, 402 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-378) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Great old personages : the Senate in 1900 -- The president and the Senate four -- La Follette challenges the Senate -- John Worth Kern and the New Freedom -- The Senate and the League of Nations -- Spearless leaders in the 1920s -- The Senate in the Depression -- The New Deal and the conservative club -- The Senate in wartime -- The Senate at mid-century -- The Senate club in the age of Joe Mccarthy -- Pawed all over : Lyndon Johnson and the Senate -- Mike Mansfield's Senate -- "Juggling too many balls" -- A ruder Senate -- Republican ascendancy at century's end -- Conclusion: The Senate and its future. |
| Subject |
United States. Congress. Senate -- History -- 20th century.
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| ISBN |
0465027784 hardcover alkaline paper |
| Standard No. |
9780465027781 |
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