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Profiles in Power : Twentieth-Century Texans in Washington, New Edition / ed. by Patrick L. Cox, Kenneth E. Hendrickson, Michael L. Collins.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Focus on American History SeriesPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2010]Copyright date: ©2004Description: 1 online resource (388 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780292798427
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.91/092/2764 22
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Edward M. House -- Morris Sheppard -- John Nance Garner -- Jesse Jones -- Tom Connally -- Sam Rayburn -- Lyndon Baines Johnson -- Ralph Yarborough -- Barbara Jordan -- John Tower -- Jim Wright -- Lloyd Bentsen Jr. -- George Bush -- Henry B. Gonzalez -- Notes -- Contributors -- Index
Summary: Profiles in Power offers concise biographies of fourteen twentieth-century Texans who wielded significant political power and influence in Washington, D.C. First published in 1993 by Harlan Davidson, it has been revised and updated with new chapters on John Nance Garner and Henry Gonzalez and expanded chapters on Lyndon Johnson, Barbara Jordan, Ralph Yarborough, Jim Wright, and John Tower. Demonstrating the validity of a biographical approach to history, the book as a whole covers all the major political issues of the twentieth century, as well as the pivotal role of Texans in defining the national agenda.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Edward M. House -- Morris Sheppard -- John Nance Garner -- Jesse Jones -- Tom Connally -- Sam Rayburn -- Lyndon Baines Johnson -- Ralph Yarborough -- Barbara Jordan -- John Tower -- Jim Wright -- Lloyd Bentsen Jr. -- George Bush -- Henry B. Gonzalez -- Notes -- Contributors -- Index

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Profiles in Power offers concise biographies of fourteen twentieth-century Texans who wielded significant political power and influence in Washington, D.C. First published in 1993 by Harlan Davidson, it has been revised and updated with new chapters on John Nance Garner and Henry Gonzalez and expanded chapters on Lyndon Johnson, Barbara Jordan, Ralph Yarborough, Jim Wright, and John Tower. Demonstrating the validity of a biographical approach to history, the book as a whole covers all the major political issues of the twentieth century, as well as the pivotal role of Texans in defining the national agenda.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Jun 2024)