Congress at the Crossroads
Language: English
Published by Thomas Y. Crowell, New York, 1946
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Whitledge Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.Whitledge Books
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Condition: Used - Very good
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CONGRESS AT THE CROSSROADS, George B. Galloway, hardcover with no dust jacket, 1st edition, 1st printing (per publisher’s policy of only indicating 2nd and later printings), 1946. BOOK CONDITION: very good. The text block is in fine condition, with no tears, marks, or dog-ears. Pages are age-toned as are endpapers. Not a remainder nor library book. No signature nor bookplate of prior owner. Tight binding. The light-brown boards are in good condition (a few smudges on front and back, bumped spine top and bottom). 8 ½ x 5 ¾, 374 pages, 19 ounces. [From the preface] THE CONGRESS OF the United States is the central citadel of American democracy. The framers of the federal constitution defined its structure and powers in the first article of that immortal charter; and the architects of the national legislature later erected its marble halls on the commanding heights of Capitol Hill—acts reflecting the primacy of our parliament in the minds of the founding fathers. One hundred years afterwards, when Woodrow Wilson penned his remarkable study, "congressional government" was still the dominant feature of the American system, despite intervening swings of the political pendulum. But after 1910—1911, when the overthrow of Speaker Cannon dispersed leadership in the House of Representatives, the nation witnessed the gradual decline of Congress in the federal scheme and the growing centralization of power in the executive branch. Recurring national crises, induced by two world wars and a Great Depression, called forth strong popular-leader presidents, accelerating the trend toward presidential government and threatening to convert Congress into a mere ceremonial appendix to bureaucracy. While the onward sweep of science and technology and the mammoth wartime mobilization of our human and industrial resources were raising the nation to new pinnacles of power in world affairs, Congress still was working with the tools and techniques inherited from the wig and snuff-box era. And when, after the Second World War, the Administration sought to streamline its sprawling agencies, many legislators seemed content to carry on with their antiquated stagecoach equipment.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Congress at the Crossroads
- Author
- Galloway, George B.
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell, New York
- Publication year
- 1946
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Item weight
- 19 ounces
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Seller catalogs
- Government (Congress), United States
Whitledge Books
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