A Legacy of Leadership : : Governors and American History / / ed. by Clayton McClure Brooks.

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• MitwirkendeR: Beyle, Thad L.,; Cannon, Lou,; Frederick, Jeff,; McClure Brooks, Clayton,; McNichol, Dan,; Milton Cooper, John,; Nathan, Richard P.,; Norton Smith, Richard,; Reid, Jan,; Scheppach, Raymond C.,; Vettel, Eric J.,; White, Richard D.,
• HerausgeberIn: Brooks, Clayton McClure,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2013]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.) :; 21 illus.

In A Legacy of Leadership, top scholars and journalists create a new framework for understanding the contributions governors have made to defining democracy and shaping American history.Structured chronologically, A Legacy of Leadership places governors in contrast and comparison with one another as well as within the context of their times to show how a century of dramatic developments-war and peace, depression and prosperity-led governors to rethink and expand their positions of leadership. The nine chapters of compelling new scholarship presented here connect the experiences of dynamic individual governors and the evolution of the gubernatorial office to the broader challenges the United States has faced throughout the turbulent twentieth century. Taken together, they demonstrate how interstate cooperation became essential as governors increasingly embraced national and international perspectives to promote their own states' competitiveness.Published for the centennial of the National Governors Association, A Legacy of Leadership is an eloquent demonstration of how, to a great extent, we live in a country that governors created.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction. Governing the Twentieth Century -- Governing the 1910s -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Challenges of a New Century -- Governing the 1920s and 1930s -- Introduction -- Chapter Two. Huey Long and the Great Depression -- Governing the 1940s -- Introduction -- Chapter Three. The Gangbuster as Governor -- Governing the 1950s -- Introduction -- Chapter Four. Connecting the United States -- Governing the 1960s -- Introduction -- Chapter Five. Governors in the Civil Rights Era -- Governing the 1970s -- Introduction -- Chapter Six. Preparing for the Presidency -- Governing the 1980s -- Introduction -- Chapter Seven. Devolution in American Federalism in the Twentieth Century -- Governing the 1990s -- Introduction -- Chapter Eight. The Case of Ann Richards -- Conclusion: The Evolution of the Gubernatorial Office -- Afterword: Governing the Twenty-First Century -- Timeline of Governors and States in the Twentieth Century -- Notes -- Further Resources -- Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments