Profiles in Character: Hubris and Heroism in the U.S. Senate, 1789-1990
Autor Joseph Martin Hernonen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 oct 1996
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781563249389
ISBN-10: 1563249383
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1563249383
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
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Notă biografică
Authored by Hernon, Joseph Martin
Cuprins
Preface, Photographs follow page 118, Introduction, I. The Patrician Age (1789-1820), 1. "Last of the Romans": Rufus King vs. James Monroe (1789-1820), II. The National Forum (1820-1870), 2. "Samson and the Temple of Slavery": Thomas Hart Benton vs. John C. Calhoun (1820-1850), 3. Lincoln's Prime Minister: William Pitt Fessenden vs. Charles Sumner (1850-1865), 4. "Worthy of Plutarch": Fessenden vs. Sumner (1865-1870), III. The Rise and Fall of the Senate Oligarchy (1870-1940), 5. "Try Justice": George Frisbie Hoar vs. John Sherman (1870-1900), 6. The "Lamp of Experience" and "Bungalow Minds": Henry Cabot Lodge vs. Thomas J. Walsh (1900-1920), 7. "Senator-at-Large of the Whole American People": William E. Borah vs. George W. Norris (1920-1940), IV. The Imperial Presidency and the Supine Senate (1940-1990), 8. Shaping Pax Americana: Robert A. Taft vs. Arthur H. Vandenberg (1940-1950), 9. The "Politics of Joy" and "Uncle Strom's Cabin": Hubert H. Humphrey vs. Strom Thurmond (1950-1990), Epilogue: Virtue Misapplied: Modem Heroes in an Age of Hubris, Afterword, A Note on Sources, Notes, Index
Descriere
A take-off of Kennedy's "Profiles in Courage", which argues that the best-known US senators don't deserve their renown as much as some lesser-known ones. Over the course of ten biographical chapters, this book tells the story of 16 men's lives in the Senate in relation to each other.