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Author:

Gould, Lewis L.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Basic Books,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

402 p.

Subject:

United States.--Senate--Senate--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN:

0465027784 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780465027781 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2005019310

Locations:

MMPE553 -- Algona Public Library (Algona)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

YKPE532 -- Anamosa Library & Learning Center (Anamosa)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

HYAX325 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Estherville (Estherville)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)