{"product_id":"the-house-will-come-to-order-how-the-texas-speaker-became-a-power-in-state-and-national-politics-9780292728806","title":"The House Will Come To Order  How the Texas","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first exploration of Texas’s Speaker of the House—a role that has evolved from powerless obscurity to heavyweight political preeminence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Foreword by Don Carleton \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Introduction: Assuming Center Stage \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter One. Least Among Equals: The Presiding Speakership, 1846-1900 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter Two. Accumulating Clout: The Progressive Speakership, 1900-1921 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter Three. \"Calculatin' Coke\": The End of Progressivism and Birth of the Early Modern Speakership, 1921-1949 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter Four. Pragmatic Conservatism: The Dynastic Speakership, Part One, 1949-1961 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter Five. Liberals, Conservatives, and the Dilemma of Race: The Dynastic Speakership, Part Two, 1961-1969 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter Six. The Old Order Is Dead, Long Live the Old Order: Sharpstown, the Price Daniel Revolution, and the Speakership in Crisis, 1969-1975 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter Seven. The Executive Speakership, Part One, 1975-1983 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter Eight. The Executive Speakership, Part Two, 1983-2002 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter Nine. \"Hell on Horses and Women\": Gender and Family Life under the Dome \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter Ten. The End of an Era? The Executive Speakership under Tom Craddick, 2003-2009 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Notes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Bibliography \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"MU - University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359007670615,"sku":"9780292728806","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780292728806.jpg?v=1754123200","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-house-will-come-to-order-how-the-texas-speaker-became-a-power-in-state-and-national-politics-9780292728806","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}