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The most exclusive club : a history of the modern United States Senate / Lewis L. Gould.

By: Publication details: New York : Basic Books, c2005.Description: xiv, 402 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0465027784 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9780465027781
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 328.73/071/09 22
LOC classification:
  • JK1161 .G68 2005
Online resources:
Contents:
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.

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.

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