George Hunt : Arizona's Crusading Seven-Term Governor /

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"This is a political biography of Arizona's first elected (state) governor, George W.P. Hunt. It follows Hunt closely through his years in the Territorial legislature and then as governor and minister to Siam. The author assesses Hunt's successes and failings as a political leader&quo...

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Autor principal: Berman, David R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Hunt, George W. P. > (George Wylie Paul), > 1859-1934.
Governors.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
Gouverneurs > Arizona > Biographies.
Governors > Arizona > Biography.
Arizona.
Arizona > Histoire > 1912-1950.
Arizona > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1912.
Arizona > History > 1912-1950.
Arizona > History > To 1912.
Biographies.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The roots : Huntsville, Globe, family
  • Territorial politics : in the legislature
  • Constitutional politics
  • Coming to power
  • The first term : progressives in charge
  • Reaction : first aid to the wicked
  • The critics and the voters
  • Legislation, executions, and a major strike
  • A failed recall and a disputed election
  • Wartime, labor negotiator, governor again
  • Mulling things over : Siam and back
  • The comeback
  • Back in office : fighting for water
  • The voters, the Klan, the Colorado
  • Ups and downs, but heading for defeat
  • The end of a career
  • Concluding thoughts : the measure of the man.

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