Congressional Giants: Influential Leaders of Congress and How They Shaped American History
Autor J. Michael Martinezen Limba Engleză Hardback – 26 mai 2020
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781793616074
ISBN-10: 1793616078
Pagini: 242
Dimensiuni: 161 x 230 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.49 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Lexington Books
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 1793616078
Pagini: 242
Dimensiuni: 161 x 230 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.49 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Lexington Books
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Descriere
The Congress of the United States operates in the shadow of the American presidency, which can make the legislative branch appear less important than the executive in our constitutional system of government. And yet Congress is a co-equal branch of government, deriving its powers from Article I of the United States Constitution. Love it or hate it, the institution is a source of incredible power. It behooves all Americans to learn more about Congress. Although a single slender volume cannot provide information on all there is to know about Congress, it can begin the journey. In Congressional Giants, political scientist J. Michael Martinez explores the careers and achievements of 14 influential leaders of Congress-men who either held formal positions within the chambers of Congress, such as speaker of the House of Representatives or Senate majority leader, or who served on important committees--to determine how they shaped the course of American history.
Cuprins
Introduction and Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: The Great Triumvirate-Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and John C. Calhoun
Chapter 2: Stephen A. Douglas Chapter 3: Thomas B. Reed Chapter 4: Joseph G. Cannon
Chapter 5: Nicholas Longworth
Chapter 6: Robert A. Taft
Chapter 7: Sam Rayburn
Chapter 8: Richard B. Russell, Jr. Chapter 9: Everett Dirksen Chapter 10: Lyndon B. Johnson
Chapter 11: Mike Mansfield
Chapter 12: Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill, Jr. Notes
Chapter 1: The Great Triumvirate-Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and John C. Calhoun
Chapter 2: Stephen A. Douglas Chapter 3: Thomas B. Reed Chapter 4: Joseph G. Cannon
Chapter 5: Nicholas Longworth
Chapter 6: Robert A. Taft
Chapter 7: Sam Rayburn
Chapter 8: Richard B. Russell, Jr. Chapter 9: Everett Dirksen Chapter 10: Lyndon B. Johnson
Chapter 11: Mike Mansfield
Chapter 12: Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill, Jr. Notes
Recenzii
"J. Michael Martinez analyzes how Congress, one of the three co-equal branches of government, both reflects and creates history. His choice of fourteen congressional leaders offers an excellent juxtaposition of effective, yet different, paths to power. Congressional Giants will enhance our appreciation of the role of statesmanship in a democracy."
Notă biografică
J. Michael Martinez is the author or editor of 20 books on American history and law including the Rowman & Littlefield titles A Long Dark Night: Race in America from Jim Crow to World War II (2016), Terrorist Attacks on American Soil: From the Civil War Era to the Present (2012), Coming for to Carry Me Home: Race in America from Abolitionism to Jim Crow (2011), and Carpetbaggers, Cavalry, and the Ku Klux, Klan: Exposing the Invisible Empire during Reconstruction (2007). He teaches political science at Georgia Gwinnett College in Lawrenceville, Georgia.