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Eckhardt : there once was a congressman from Texas
- Title
- Eckhardt : there once was a congressman from Texas / Gary A. Keith ; foreword by Al Gore.
- Author
- Keith, Gary.
- Publication
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007.
- Supplementary Content
- Contributor biographical information
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | IDF 08-1072 | Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121 |
Details
- Description
- xv, 419 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Series Statement
- Focus on American history series
- Subject
- Eckhardt, Bob
- United States. Congress. House > Biography
- Legislators > United States > Biography
- Legislators > Texas > Biography
- Labor lawyers > Texas > Biography
- Political activists > Texas > Biography
- Liberalism > Texas > History > 20th century
- Political parties > Texas > History > 20th century
- Texas > Politics and government > 1865-1950
- Texas > Politics and government > 1951-
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-392) and index.
- Contents
- The German Texas pioneers -- Bobby Eckhardt in Austin -- Student Eckhardt on the forty acres -- Eckhardt's shingle and pen -- Civil rights and labor -- Eckhardt in 1940s Texas politics -- Brother Eckhardt goes to Houston -- Eckhardt, the Texas observer, and Yarborough come of age -- Freshman legislator of the year, 1959 -- The veteran legislator -- Readying for Congress -- Inside Congress, inside Washington -- The veteran congressman -- Public v. special interest : environmental and consumer policymaking -- The oil and gas wars -- The 1980 election -- Congressman emeritus -- Afterword -- Robert Christian Eckhardt : a chronology.
- Call Number
- IDF 08-1072
- ISBN
- 9780292716919 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0292716915 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2007001065
- OCLC
- 79256709
- Author
- Keith, Gary.
- Title
- Eckhardt : there once was a congressman from Texas / Gary A. Keith ; foreword by Al Gore.
- Imprint
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Series
- Focus on American history series
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-392) and index.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- IDF 08-1072