Eckhardt [electronic resource] : there once was a congressman from Texas / Gary A. Keith ; foreword by Al Gore.
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TextSeries: Focus on American history seriesPublication details: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007.Edition: 1st edDescription: xv, 419 p. : illSubject(s): - Eckhardt, Bob
- United States. Congress. House -- Biography
- Legislators -- United States -- Biography
- Legislators -- Texas -- Biography
- Labor lawyers -- Texas -- Biography
- Political activists -- Texas -- Biography
- Liberalism -- Texas -- History -- 20th century
- Political parties -- Texas -- History -- 20th century
- Texas -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950
- Texas -- Politics and government -- 1951-
- 328.73092 B 22
- E840.8.E28 K45 2007eb
Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-392) and index.
The German Texas pioneers -- Bobby Eckhardt in Austin -- Student Eckhardt on the forty acres -- Eckhardt's shingle and pen -- Civil rights and labor -- Eckhardt in 1940s Texas politics -- Brother Eckhardt goes to Houston -- Eckhardt, the Texas observer, and Yarborough come of age -- Freshman legislator of the year, 1959 -- The veteran legislator -- Readying for Congress -- Inside Congress, inside Washington -- The veteran congressman -- Public v. special interest : environmental and consumer policymaking -- The oil and gas wars -- The 1980 election -- Congressman emeritus -- Afterword -- Robert Christian Eckhardt : a chronology.
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