Masters of the House
Subtitle: Congressional Leadership over Two Centuries (Transforming American Politics)
Contributors: Roger H. Davidson (Editor); Susan Webb Hammond (Editor); Raymond W. Smock (Editor)
Publisher: Westview Pr (Short Disc)
Published: April 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 345
ISBN-13: 9780813368948
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; American history: from c 1900 -; Biography: general; Central government; United States.; Politics/International Relations; House; U.S. Congress (General); U.S. Political History; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics - Current Events; USA; Leadership; Congress; Speakers; Government - Legislative Branch; United States; Congress.; History; Political leadership
First sentence: To those of us fascinated with the performance of Newt Gingrich as Speaker of the House, questions posed by the early origins and development of the office seem to be, at best, distant and irrelevant prologue.