A Legacy of Leadership : Governors and American History.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction Governing the Twentieth Century: Building a History of the Modern Governorship -- Governing the 1910s -- 1 Challenges of a New Century: Woodrow Wilson and the Progressive Era -- Governing the 1920s and 1930s -- 2 Huey Long and the Great Depression: Rise of a Populist Demagogue -- Governing the 1940s -- 3 The Gangbuster as Governor: Thomas E. Dewey and the Republican New Deal -- Governing the 1950s -- 4 Connecting the United States: Governors and the Building of the Interstate System -- Governing the 1960s -- 5 Governors in the Civil Rights Era: The Wallace Factor -- Governing the 1970s -- 6 Preparing for the Presidency: The Political Education of Ronald Reagan -- Governing the 1980s -- 7 Devolution in American Federalism in the Twentieth Century -- Governing the 1990s -- 8 The Case of Ann Richards: Women in the Gubernatorial Office -- Conclusion The Evolution of the Gubernatorial Office: United States Governors over the Twentieth Century -- Afterword: Governing the Twenty-First Century -- Timeline of Governors and States in the Twentieth Century -- Notes -- Further Resources -- List of Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments -- Illustrations.

In A Legacy of Leadership, leading journalists and academics create a new framework for understanding the contributions of governors in defining democracy and shaping American history.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.