Unprecedented power [electronic resource] : Jesse Jones, Capitalism, and the common good / Steven Fenberg.
Material type: TextSeries: UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2011. 2015)Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (xiii, 611 p. :) illContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781603445719
- 1603445714
- 973.917092 B 22
- E748.J764 F46 2011
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The most powerful person in the nation -- Houston -- We had a good table (1650-1898) -- The town pump (1898-1914) -- The national stage -- Give until it hurts (1914-1918) -- The family won't discuss it (1919-1924) -- Draped and drowned in decorations (1924-1928) -- The Great Depression -- Never rope a steer going downhill (1928-1932) -- At the end of our string (1933) -- Go directly to the RFC (1934) -- Friendly, industrious, intelligent dollars (1935) -- No actual ultimate cost (1936) -- We are not going haywire (1937) -- Spenders and lenders (1938) -- World War II -- An avalanche of orders (1939) -- Just another loan (1940) -- You'd better see Jesse (1941) -- A material more precious than gold (1942) -- Ask God to stop him from lying (1943) -- Jump when the gong sounds (1944) -- A very difficult letter to write (1945) -- Home -- It has grown out of bounds (1946-1956).
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