George Norris, going home :: reflections of a progressive statesman /

After forty years of congressional service, five terms in the House and five in the Senate, George William Norris (1861-1944) was going home to Nebraska. Norris had lost the 1942 Senate race and felt the defeat keenly. But as his train rolled westward, he was forcefully reminded of what his legislat...

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Hauptverfasser: Budig, Gene A. (VerfasserIn), Walton, Don (Don Brooks) (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2013.
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Zusammenfassung:After forty years of congressional service, five terms in the House and five in the Senate, George William Norris (1861-1944) was going home to Nebraska. Norris had lost the 1942 Senate race and felt the defeat keenly. But as his train rolled westward, he was forcefully reminded of what his legislative efforts had wrought, from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to the Rural Electrification Act (REA), which brought power to the land unfolding before him. It is here that authors Gene A. Budig and Don Walton begin their journey with this great statesman, perhaps the last progressive Republi.
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ISBN:9781461940494
1461940494
9780803271975
0803271972

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