wyszukanych pozycji: 7
Lone Star Leaders: Power and Personality in the Texas Congressional Delegation
ISBN: 9780875654188 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Texas' political power really began in the late nineteenth century, when Texas congressmen first began to wield power as committee chairs and party leaders. In the era of Woodrow Wilson, Texas clout intensified as Senator Morris Sheppard introduced the Prohibition legislation with which his name is associated today. John Nance Garner's political influence was first felt in the Wilson administration, as a liaison on war matters between the administration and the House, then grew in the Hoover era when Garner rose to minority leadership and critic of Hoover administration policies. In the...
Texas' political power really began in the late nineteenth century, when Texas congressmen first began to wield power as committee chairs and party le...
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152,88 zł |
The Wright Stuff: Reflections on People and Politics by Former House Speaker Jim Wright
ISBN: 9780875655062 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Inspired by his parents' love for the written word, former Speaker of the House Jim Wright developed a passion for books and writing at a young age. During his thirty-four years as a US Congressman and two years as Speaker of the House, written communication continued to play an integral role in Wright's life as he developed an increased understanding of the power of words. Inspired by his parents' love for the written word, former Speaker of the House Jim Wright developed a passion for books and writing at a young age... |
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141,96 zł |
Reflections on Wright: Essays on the Career of Speaker Jim Wright
ISBN: 9780875658179 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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130,82 zł |
Reflections on Rayburn
ISBN: 9780875656700 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) January 6, 1955. It was on the occasion of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's third annual State of the Union message. The president unexpectedly began his speech by mentioning that it was January 6 and the 72nd birthday of the venerable Speaker of the House, and publicly wishing for Mr. Rayburn many happy returns of the day. Instantly, the crowd that filled the House chamber was on its feet, noisily cheering, whistling, and stamping its feet and clapping its hands in a reverberating approval of the Speaker. Visitors in the galleries could not distinguish Republican from...
January 6, 1955. It was on the occasion of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's third annual State of the Union message. The president unexpectedly beg...
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143,92 zł |
Presidential Leadership and Civil Rights Policy
ISBN: 9780313296246 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This volume, from the Policy Studies Organization, examines the role of presidential leadership in the development and implementation of civil rights policy in the United States. Covering a broad time period, the work takes a social scientific approach to the understanding of civil rights, utilizing both quantitative and archival research. The editors attempt to place and analyze civil rights in context--as a policy arena representative of broader presidential leadership concerns--and look at the development of civil rights policy since Brown v. Board of Education from the perspectives of... This volume, from the Policy Studies Organization, examines the role of presidential leadership in the development and implementation of civil righ... |
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386,61 zł |
The Wright Stuff: Reflections on People and Politics by Former House Speaker Jim Wright
ISBN: 9780875655710 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Inspired by his parents' love for the written word, former Speaker of the House Jim Wright developed a passion for books and writing at a young age. During his thirty-four years as a US Congressman and two years as Speaker of the House, written communication continued to play an integral role in Wright's life as he developed an increased understanding of the power of words. Inspired by his parents' love for the written word, former Speaker of the House Jim Wright developed a passion for books and writing at a young age... |
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117,72 zł |
The Austin-Boston Connection: Five Decades of House Democratic Leadership, 1937-1989
ISBN: 9781603441209 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) For the more than fifty years that Democrats controlled the U.S. House of Representatives, leadership was divided between Massachusetts and Texas. When the Speaker was from Texas (or nearby Oklahoma), the Majority Leader was from the Boston area, and when the Speaker was from Boston, the Majority Leader was from Texas. The Austin-Boston Connection analyzes the importance of the friendships (especially mentor-protege relationships) and enmities within congressional delegations, regional affinities, and the lynchpin practice of appointing the Democratic Whip. ANTHONY M. CHAMPAGNE is a professor...
For the more than fifty years that Democrats controlled the U.S. House of Representatives, leadership was divided between Massachusetts and Texas. Whe...
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145,28 zł |