Alben Barkley : A Life in Politics /

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Born to poor tenant farmers in a log cabin in Graves County, Kentucky, Alben Barkley (1877-1956) rose to achieve a political stature in the US equalled by few of his contemporaries. James K. Libbey provides a full-length biography of this larger-than-life personality as Barkley transitioned from loc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Libbey, James K. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Barkley, Alben William, > 1877-1956.
United States. > Congress.
United States. > Congress > Biography.
Vice-presidents.
Politics and government.
Legislators.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Affairs & Administration.
Parlementaires > États-Unis > Biographies.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
Vice-presidents > United States > Biography.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1901-1953.
United States > Politics and government > 1901-1953.
Biographies.
Biography
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Child of the Jackson Purchase
  • Clinton and college
  • Barkley's reconciliation with his roots
  • From courthouse to congress
  • Congressman Barkley and the New Freedom
  • The reformer in time of war
  • The congressman in war and peace
  • "Normalcy" and the tale of two elections
  • Senator Barkley from Coolidge to Depression
  • Senator Barkley from Depression to the announcement of a New Deal
  • The assistant majority leader and the New Deal
  • The majority leader in time of peace
  • The majority leader from neutrality to war
  • The senator in a time of troubles and triumphs
  • The iron man becomes a veep
  • The iron man keeps his mettle.

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