Speaker Jim Wright :: power, scandal, and the birth of modern politics /
<P>Jim Wright made his mark on virtually every major public policy issue in the later twentieth century?energy, education, taxes, transportation, environmental protection, civil rights, criminal justice, and foreign relations, among them. He played a significant role in peace initiatives in Ce...
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| Zusammenfassung: | <P>Jim Wright made his mark on virtually every major public policy issue in the later twentieth century?energy, education, taxes, transportation, environmental protection, civil rights, criminal justice, and foreign relations, among them. He played a significant role in peace initiatives in Central America and in the Camp David Accords, and he was the first American politician to speak live on Soviet television. A Democrat representing Texas?s twelfth district (Fort Worth), Wright served in the US House of Representatives from the Eisenhower administration to the presidency of George H. W. Bush, including twelve years (1977?1989) as majority leader and speaker. His long congressional ascension and sudden fall in a highly partisan ethics scandal spearheaded by Newt Gingrich mirrored the evolution of Congress as an institution.</p><p><em>Speaker Jim Wright</em> traces the congressman?s long life and career in a highly readable narrative grounded in extensive interviews with Wright and access to his personal diaries. A skilled connector who bridged the conservative and liberal wings of the Democratic party while forging alliances with Republicans to pass legislation, Wright ultimately fell victim to a new era of political infighting, as well as to his own hubris and mistakes. J. Brooks Flippen shows how Wright?s career shaped the political culture of Congress, from its internal rules and power structure to its growing partisanship, even as those new dynamics eventually contributed to his political demise. To understand Jim Wright in all his complexity is to understand the story of modern American politics.</p> |
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| contents | Introduction. The long shadow of scandal : the forgotten legacy -- The foundations for success : family and childhood (1922/1939) -- The lessons of life : college and war (1939/1944) -- Ambition and frustration : state legislature (1944/1948) -- Preparation and payoff : businessman, mayor, and election to Congress (1948/1954) -- Learning the ropes : the new congressman (1954/1956) -- Building a record : the Eisenhower years (1956/1960) -- Challenges : the Kennedy years (1960/1963) -- Access to power : Johnson takes control (1963/1965) -- The rough path forward : years of change (1965/1968) -- Old school : a moderate in the Nixon years (1968/1972) -- Bombshell : the Watergate crisis (1972/1974) -- The ripples of Watergate : a new congress and new opportunity (1972/1976) -- The new majority leader : critical decisions in an age of partisanship (1976/1978) -- The struggle for unity : the Carter years (1978/1980) -- A challenge like none before : Reagan (1980/1982) -- Rallying the opposition : friends and enemies (1982/1986) -- On the mountaintop : Speaker of the House (1986/1989) -- In the valley : resignation and its aftermath (1987/2015) -- Epilogue. The politics of scandal and the judgment of history. |
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| spelling | Flippen, J. Brooks, 1959- author. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjDJ4YFg39rcVVR9Q7dqgq http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00035709 Speaker Jim Wright : power, scandal, and the birth of modern politics / J. Brooks Flippen. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2018. 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 12, 2018). Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction. The long shadow of scandal : the forgotten legacy -- The foundations for success : family and childhood (1922/1939) -- The lessons of life : college and war (1939/1944) -- Ambition and frustration : state legislature (1944/1948) -- Preparation and payoff : businessman, mayor, and election to Congress (1948/1954) -- Learning the ropes : the new congressman (1954/1956) -- Building a record : the Eisenhower years (1956/1960) -- Challenges : the Kennedy years (1960/1963) -- Access to power : Johnson takes control (1963/1965) -- The rough path forward : years of change (1965/1968) -- Old school : a moderate in the Nixon years (1968/1972) -- Bombshell : the Watergate crisis (1972/1974) -- The ripples of Watergate : a new congress and new opportunity (1972/1976) -- The new majority leader : critical decisions in an age of partisanship (1976/1978) -- The struggle for unity : the Carter years (1978/1980) -- A challenge like none before : Reagan (1980/1982) -- Rallying the opposition : friends and enemies (1982/1986) -- On the mountaintop : Speaker of the House (1986/1989) -- In the valley : resignation and its aftermath (1987/2015) -- Epilogue. The politics of scandal and the judgment of history. <P>Jim Wright made his mark on virtually every major public policy issue in the later twentieth century?energy, education, taxes, transportation, environmental protection, civil rights, criminal justice, and foreign relations, among them. He played a significant role in peace initiatives in Central America and in the Camp David Accords, and he was the first American politician to speak live on Soviet television. A Democrat representing Texas?s twelfth district (Fort Worth), Wright served in the US House of Representatives from the Eisenhower administration to the presidency of George H. W. Bush, including twelve years (1977?1989) as majority leader and speaker. His long congressional ascension and sudden fall in a highly partisan ethics scandal spearheaded by Newt Gingrich mirrored the evolution of Congress as an institution.</p><p><em>Speaker Jim Wright</em> traces the congressman?s long life and career in a highly readable narrative grounded in extensive interviews with Wright and access to his personal diaries. A skilled connector who bridged the conservative and liberal wings of the Democratic party while forging alliances with Republicans to pass legislation, Wright ultimately fell victim to a new era of political infighting, as well as to his own hubris and mistakes. J. Brooks Flippen shows how Wright?s career shaped the political culture of Congress, from its internal rules and power structure to its growing partisanship, even as those new dynamics eventually contributed to his political demise. To understand Jim Wright in all his complexity is to understand the story of modern American politics.</p> Wright, Jim, 1922-2015. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50028673 United States. Congress. House Biography. United States. Congress. House Speakers Biography. Wright, Jim, 1922-2015 fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJxCvprDmtbXD8jWcFXw4q United States. Congress. House fast Legislators United States Biography. Parlementaires États-Unis Biographies. POLITICAL SCIENCE Government Legislative Branch. bisacsh BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political bisacsh Legislators fast Orators fast United States fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq Electronic books. Biography https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019215 Biographies fast Biographies. lcgft http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026049 Biographies. rvmgf has work: Speaker Jim Wright (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGgFTrcQHk8QxDBTm4D3w3 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1706835 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Flippen, J. Brooks, 1959- Speaker Jim Wright : power, scandal, and the birth of modern politics / Introduction. The long shadow of scandal : the forgotten legacy -- The foundations for success : family and childhood (1922/1939) -- The lessons of life : college and war (1939/1944) -- Ambition and frustration : state legislature (1944/1948) -- Preparation and payoff : businessman, mayor, and election to Congress (1948/1954) -- Learning the ropes : the new congressman (1954/1956) -- Building a record : the Eisenhower years (1956/1960) -- Challenges : the Kennedy years (1960/1963) -- Access to power : Johnson takes control (1963/1965) -- The rough path forward : years of change (1965/1968) -- Old school : a moderate in the Nixon years (1968/1972) -- Bombshell : the Watergate crisis (1972/1974) -- The ripples of Watergate : a new congress and new opportunity (1972/1976) -- The new majority leader : critical decisions in an age of partisanship (1976/1978) -- The struggle for unity : the Carter years (1978/1980) -- A challenge like none before : Reagan (1980/1982) -- Rallying the opposition : friends and enemies (1982/1986) -- On the mountaintop : Speaker of the House (1986/1989) -- In the valley : resignation and its aftermath (1987/2015) -- Epilogue. The politics of scandal and the judgment of history. Wright, Jim, 1922-2015. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50028673 United States. Congress. House Biography. United States. Congress. House Speakers Biography. Wright, Jim, 1922-2015 fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJxCvprDmtbXD8jWcFXw4q United States. Congress. House fast Legislators United States Biography. Parlementaires États-Unis Biographies. POLITICAL SCIENCE Government Legislative Branch. bisacsh BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political bisacsh Legislators fast Orators fast |
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| title_full | Speaker Jim Wright : power, scandal, and the birth of modern politics / J. Brooks Flippen. |
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| topic | Wright, Jim, 1922-2015. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50028673 United States. Congress. House Biography. United States. Congress. House Speakers Biography. Wright, Jim, 1922-2015 fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJxCvprDmtbXD8jWcFXw4q United States. Congress. House fast Legislators United States Biography. Parlementaires États-Unis Biographies. POLITICAL SCIENCE Government Legislative Branch. bisacsh BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political bisacsh Legislators fast Orators fast |
| topic_facet | Wright, Jim, 1922-2015. United States. Congress. House Biography. United States. Congress. House Speakers Biography. Wright, Jim, 1922-2015 United States. Congress. House Legislators United States Biography. Parlementaires États-Unis Biographies. POLITICAL SCIENCE Government Legislative Branch. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political Legislators Orators United States Electronic books. Biography Biographies Biographies. |
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