TY  - BOOK
AU  - Keith,Gary
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Eckhardt: there once was a congressman from Texas 
T2  - Focus on American history series
AV  - E840.8.E28 K45 2007eb
U1  - 328.73092B 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Austin
PB  - University of Texas Press
KW  - Eckhardt, Bob.
KW  - United States
KW  - Congress
KW  - House
KW  - Biography
KW  - Legislators
KW  - Texas
KW  - Labor lawyers
KW  - Political activists
KW  - Liberalism
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Political parties
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1865-1950
KW  - 1951-
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10245755
ER  -