Patrick L Cox, Michael Phillips

The House Will Come to Order

How the Texas Speaker Became a Power in State and National Politics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first exploration of Texas¿s Speaker of the House¿a role that has evolved from powerless obscurity to heavyweight political preeminence.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: UNIV OF TEXAS PR
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 564g
• ISBN-13: 9780292728806
• ISBN-10: 0292728808
• Artikelnr.: 33725561

Inhaltsangabe

* Foreword by Don Carleton
* Acknowledgments
* Introduction: Assuming Center Stage
* Chapter One. Least Among Equals: The Presiding Speakership, 1846-1900
* Chapter Two. Accumulating Clout: The Progressive Speakership,
1900-1921
* Chapter Three. "Calculatin' Coke": The End of Progressivism and Birth
of the Early Modern Speakership, 1921-1949
* Chapter Four. Pragmatic Conservatism: The Dynastic Speakership, Part
One, 1949-1961
* Chapter Five. Liberals, Conservatives, and the Dilemma of Race: The
Dynastic Speakership, Part Two, 1961-1969
* Chapter Six. The Old Order Is Dead, Long Live the Old Order:
Sharpstown, the Price Daniel Revolution, and the Speakership in
Crisis, 1969-1975
* Chapter Seven. The Executive Speakership, Part One, 1975-1983
* Chapter Eight. The Executive Speakership, Part Two, 1983-2002
* Chapter Nine. "Hell on Horses and Women": Gender and Family Life
under the Dome
* Chapter Ten. The End of an Era? The Executive Speakership under Tom
Craddick, 2003-2009
* Notes
* Bibliography
* Index