Bibliograph

The House, the history of the House of Representatives, Robert V. Remini

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Label

The House, the history of the House of Representatives, Robert V. Remini

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [543]-592) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The House

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

67347513

Responsibility statement

Robert V. Remini

Sub title

the history of the House of Representatives

Table Of Contents

Inaugurating a new government, March-April 1789 -- The first session of the 1st Congress, March-September 1789 -- New York, Philadelphia, and ideological conflict, 1790-1797 -- A new beginning in Washington, 1798-1807 -- Henry Clay and the ascendancy of the House of Representatives, 1806-1821 -- A democratized House, 1822-1846 -- The struggle to save the Union, 1846-1860 -- The Civil War, 1860-1865 -- Reconstruction, 1865-1877 -- The Gilded Age, 1869-1895 -- "Czar" Reed and "Uncle Joe" Cannon, 1888-1910 -- The Speaker eclipsed and revived, 1910-1928 -- The Great Depression, the New Deal and the outbreak of war, 1928-1941 -- The Hot and Cold Wars, 1941-1952 -- The Gatekeeper and the fight for Civil Rights, 1953-1961 -- The Great Society, voting rights, and Vietnam, 1961-1969 -- Scandal, Watergate, and Reform, 1969-1980 -- The conservative revolution, 1981-2001

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