Author : Jennifer Granholm
Publisher : Public Affairs
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 43,79 MB
Release : 2011-09-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1586489976
Recounts the former Michigan governor's struggles to solve the problems of unemployment and budget deficits with the auto industry collapse and global financial crisis.
Author : Janet Schmelzer
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 18,90 MB
Release : 2014-09-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1623492106
At the apex of progressive reform in Texas from 1907 to 1911, Thomas M. Campbell served as the state’s chief executive. Closely associated with former Texas Governor James Stephen Hogg, Campbell played a central role in reviving the Hogg reform movement and building a strong record of progressive laws in areas such as social welfare, public education, and tax reform. In the broader context of southern progressivism, Campbell was a leading progressive governor much like Hoke Smith of Georgia, Benjamin Comer of Alabama, Charles B. Aycock of North Carolina, and Andrew Jackson Montague of Virginia. This full biography of Campbell’s life and political career shines a light on his contributions and successes as well as his failures and shortcomings. In Our Fighting Governor, Janet Schmelzer explores Campbell’s life, political career, and legacy. At the same time, she provides new insight into the inner workings of the Texas Democratic Party at the turn of the twentieth century. She uncovers Campbell’s political philosophy and the importance of his leadership that guided the agenda for progressive reform, resulted in the passage of reform legislation, and marked him as a southern progressive governor.
Author : Jason Stein
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 22,90 MB
Release : 2013-03-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0299293831
parliamentary maneuvers, a camel slipping on icy Madison streets as union firefighters rushed to assist, massive nonviolent street protests, and a weeks-long occupation that blocked the marble halls of the Capitol and made its rotunda ring. Jason Stein and Patrick Marley, award-winning journalists for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, covered the fight firsthand. They center their account on the frantic efforts of state officials meeting openly and in the Capitol's elegant backrooms as protesters demonstrated outside. Conducting new in-depth interviews with elected officials, labor leaders, cops, protestors, and other key figures, and drawing on new documents and their own years of experience as statehouse reporters, Stein and Marley have written a gripping account of the wildest sixteen months in Wisconsin politics since the era of Joe McCarthy.
Author : Charles W. Colby
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 79 pages
File Size : 38,88 MB
Release : 2024-01-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9361427490
"The Fighting Governor: A Chronicle of Frontenac" by Charles W. Colby is a captivating work of historical fiction that transports readers to the rugged landscapes of New France in the 17th century. Through the lens of Louis de Buade, Comte de Frontenac, Colby paints a vivid portrait of colonial governance, military campaigns, and the intricate diplomacy between Indigenous nations and European powers. Set against the backdrop of Canadian history, the novel delves into the political intrigue and military conflicts that shaped the destiny of the frontier. Frontenac's leadership and empire-building efforts take center stage as he navigates the challenges of governing a burgeoning colony while facing external threats and internal strife. With meticulous attention to detail, Colby brings to life the complexities of frontier life, where alliances are forged and broken, and power hangs in the balance. Through Frontenac's journey, readers are immersed in a world of ambition, courage, and resilience, where leadership is tested and empires rise and fall. "The Fighting Governor" is a compelling saga of ambition, diplomacy, and military prowess, offering a rich tapestry of historical events woven with elements of political intrigue and human drama.
Author : Charles S. Bullock
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 34,41 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0820347345
The death of Georgia governor-elect Eugene Talmadge in late 1946 launched a constitutional crisis that ranks as one of the most unusual political events in U.S. history: the state had three active governors at once, each claiming that he was the true elected official. This is the first full-length examination of that episode, which wasn't just a crazy quirk of Georgia politics (though it was that) but the decisive battle in a struggle between the state's progressive and rustic forces that had continued since the onset of the Great Depression. In 1946, rural forces aided by the county unit system, Jim Crow intimidation of black voters, and the Talmadge machine's "loyal 100,000" voters united to claim the governorship. In the aftermath, progressive political forces in Georgia would shrink into obscurity for the better part of a generation. In this volume is the story of how the political, governmental, and Jim Crow social institutions not only defeated Georgia's progressive forces but forestalled their effectiveness for a decade and a half.
Author : Rick Perry
Publisher : Hachette+ORM
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 17,58 MB
Release : 2010-11-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 031618375X
Now, do not misunderstand me, America is great. But we are fed up with being over-taxed and over-regulated. We are tired of being told how much salt to put on our food, what kind of cars we can drive, what kinds of guns we can own, what kind of prayers we are allowed to say and where we can say them, what we are allowed to do to elect political candidates, what kind of energy we can use, what doctor we can see. What kind of nation are we becoming? I fear it's the very kind the Colonists fought against. But perhaps most of all, we are fed up because deep down we know how great America has always been, how many great things the people do in spite of their government, and how great the nation can be in the future if government will just get out of the way. Our fight is clear. We must step up and retake the reins of our government from a Washington establishment that has abused our trust. We must empower states to fight for our beliefs, elect only leaders who are on our team, set out to remind our fellow Americans why liberty is guaranteed in the Constitution, and take concrete steps to take back our country. The American people have never sat idle when liberty's trumpet sounds the call to battle -- and today that battle is for the soul of America.
Author : David Weber
Publisher : Baen Books
Page : 615 pages
File Size : 10,47 MB
Release : 2021-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1625798091
For more than fifty years, the Terran Republic and the Terran League have been killing one another. The death toll has climbed ever higher, year after year, with no end in sight. But the members of the Five Hundred, the social elite of the Republic’s Heart Worlds, don’t care. Rear Admiral Terrence Murphy is a Heart Worlder. His family is part of the Five Hundred. His wife is the daughter of one of the Five Hundred’s wealthiest, most powerful industrialists. His sons and his daughter can easily avoid military service, and political power is his for the taking. There is no end to how high he can rise in the Republic’s power structure. All he has to do is successfully complete a risk-free military “governorship” in the backwater Fringe System of New Dublin without rocking the boat. But the people sending him to New Dublin have miscalculated, because Terrence Murphy is a man who believes in honor. Who believes in duty—in common decency and responsibility. Who believes there are dark and dangerous secrets behind the façade of what “everyone knows.” Terrence Murphy intends to meet those responsibilities, to unearth those secrets, and he doesn’t much care what the Five Hundred want. He intends to put a stop to the killing. Terrence Murphy is coming for whoever has orchestrated fifty-six years of bloodshed and slaughter, and Hell itself is coming with him. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). About The Gordian Protocol: “Tom Clancy-esque exposition of technical details . . . absurd humor and bloody action. Echoes of Robert Heinlein . . . lots of exploding temporal spaceships and bodies . . . action-packed . . .” —Booklist “[A] fun and thrilling standalone from Weber and Holo. . . . Time travel enthusiasts will enjoy the moral dilemmas, nonstop action, and crisp writing.”—Publishers Weekly
Author : Richard J. Codey
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,10 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0813550459
And so, a new chapter in the life of Richard J. Codey, an undertaker's son born and bred in the Garden State, began on the night of August 12, 2004--he knew from that point his life would never be the same . . . and it hasn't been. His memoir is a breezy, humorous, perceptive, and candid chronicle of local and state government from a man who lived among political movers and shakers for more than three decades. Codey became governor of New Jersey, succeeding James McGreevey, who resigned following a homosexual affair--a shattering scandal and set of circumstances that were bizarre, even for the home state of the Sopranos. At once a political autobiography, filled with lively, incisive anecdotes that record how Codey restored respectability and set a record for good politics and good government in a state so often tarnished, this is also the story about a man and his family.
Author : David S. Burgess
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 25,48 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780814328996
David Burgess's commitment to social justice began in his youth and continued throughout his studies at Oberlin College. After college he helped coal miners to build homes and organized sharecroppers and migrant workers as part of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union. He was an active member of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and headed up the CIO State Council in Georgia. He fought to improve the conditions of industrial and agricultural workers in India, served in the Foreign Service in India, with the Peace Corps in Indonesia, and in East Asia with UNICEF, and later fought for affirmative action and public housing as a Christian minister in Newark, New Jersey. Fighting for Social Justice is the memoir of a man committed to achieving social justice for the poor.
Author : James Collier
Publisher :
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 37,83 MB
Release : 1909
Category : Ambassadors
ISBN :
