The most exclusive club : a history of the modern United States Senate /
Gould, Lewis L.
The most exclusive club : a history of the modern United States Senate / Lewis L. Gould. - New York : Basic Books, c2005. - xiv, 402 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-378) and index.
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.
0465027784 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780465027781
2005019310
GBA588235 bnb
013315561 Uk
United States. Congress. Senate --History--20th century.
JK1161 / .G68 2005
328.73/071/09
The most exclusive club : a history of the modern United States Senate / Lewis L. Gould. - New York : Basic Books, c2005. - xiv, 402 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-378) and index.
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.
0465027784 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780465027781
2005019310
GBA588235 bnb
013315561 Uk
United States. Congress. Senate --History--20th century.
JK1161 / .G68 2005
328.73/071/09