Leading representatives : the agency of leaders in the politics of the U.S. House / Randall Strahan

Author:: Strahan, Randall
Published:: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
Physical Description:: xiv, 238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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Series:

Interpreting American politics

Contents:

Leading representatives -- Explaining Congressional leadership -- Henry Clay: the unionist as speaker -- Thomas Reed: the responsible partisan as speaker -- Newt Gingrich: the transformative leader as speaker -- Conclusion : Congressional leadership and its limits.

Subject(s):

United States. Congress. House—Leadership
United States. Congress. House—Biography

ISBN:

9780801886904 (alk. paper)
0801886902 (alk. paper)
9780801886911 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0801886910 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-232) and index.

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