Speaker Jim Wright : power, scandal, and the birth of modern politics
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Austin : University of Texas Press, 2018.
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First edition.
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vi, 527 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Downtown Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction - Biography Shelf
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Published
Austin : University of Texas Press, 2018.
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Book
Edition
First edition.
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English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-511) and index.
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Jim Wright made his mark on virtually every major public policy issue in the later twentieth centuryenergy, 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 Texass 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 (19771989) 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. Speaker Jim Wright traces the congressmans 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 Wrights 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.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Flippen, J. B. (2018). Speaker Jim Wright: power, scandal, and the birth of modern politics (First edition.). University of Texas Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Flippen, J. Brooks, 1959-. 2018. Speaker Jim Wright: Power, Scandal, and the Birth of Modern Politics. University of Texas Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Flippen, J. Brooks, 1959-. Speaker Jim Wright: Power, Scandal, and the Birth of Modern Politics University of Texas Press, 2018.

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Flippen, J. Brooks. Speaker Jim Wright: Power, Scandal, and the Birth of Modern Politics First edition., University of Texas Press, 2018.

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