Table of Contents: A legacy of leadership :

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Bibliographic Details
Contributors:	Brooks, Clayton McClure.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2008.
Subjects and Genres:	Governors > United States > History > 20th century. Women governors > United States. Decentralization in government > United States > History > 20th century. United States > Politics and government > 20th century.
Online Access:	Table of contents only
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Table of Contents:

Governing the twentieth century: building a history of the modern governorship / Clayton McClure Brooks
Challenges of a new century: Woodrow Wilson and the Progressive Era / John Milton Cooper
Huey Long and the Great Depression: rise of a populist demagogue / Richard D. White
The gangbuster as governor: Thomas E. Dewey and the Republican New Deal / Richard Norton Smith
Connecting the United States: governors and the building of the interstate system / Dan McNichol
Governors in the Civil Rights Era: the Wallace factor / Jeff Frederick
Preparing for the presidency: the political education of Ronald Reagan / Lou Cannon
Devolution in American Federalism in the twentieth century / Richard P. Nathan
The case of Ann Richards: women in the gubernatorial office / Jan Reid
Conclusion: the evolution of the gubernatorial office: United States governors over the twentieth century
Afterword: governing the twenty-first century
Timeline of governors and states in the twentieth century.