The House Will Come To Order : : How the Texas Speaker Became a Power in State and National Politics / / Patrick L. Cox, Michael Phillips.
In a state assumed to have a constitutionally weak governor, the Speaker of the Texas House wields enormous power, with the ability to almost single-handedly dictate the legislative agenda. The House Will Come to Order charts the evolution of the Speaker's role from a relatively obscure office...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2010 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Focus on American History Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Assuming Center Stage
- 1. Least Among Equals: The Presiding Speakership, 1846–1900
- 2. Accumulating Clout: The Progressive Speakership, 1900–1921
- 3. “Calculatin’ Coke”: The End of Progressivism and Birth of the Early Modern Speakership, 1921–1949
- 4. Pragmatic Conservatism: The Dynastic Speakership, Part One, 1949–1961
- 5. Liberals, Conservatives, and the Dilemma of Race: The Dynastic Speakership, Part Two, 1961–1969
- 6. The Old Order Is Dead, Long Live the Old Order: Sharpstown, the Price Daniel Revolution, and the Speakership in Crisis, 1969–1975
- 7. The Executive Speakership, Part One, 1975–1983
- 8. The Executive Speakership, Part Two, 1983–2002
- 9. “Hell on Horses and Women”: Gender and Family Life under the Dome
- 10. The End of an Era? The Executive Speakership under Tom Craddick, 2003–2009
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index