The La Follettes of Wisconsin : love and politics in progressive America

The La Follettes of Wisconsin : love and politics in progressive America / Bernard A. Weisberger.

Dynastic political families have been an American tradition since the birth of the Republic. Indeed, a good part of our entire political history could be written simply by setting out the family histories of the Adamses, Roosevelts, Longs, and Kennedys. To that illustrious list must be added the La...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weisberger, Bernard A., 1922-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, [1994]
Subjects:
La Follette family.
La Follette, Robert M. > (Robert Marion), > 1855-1925.
La Follette, Belle Case, > 1859-1931.
La Follette, Belle Case, > 1859-1931
La Follette family
La Follette, Robert M. > (Robert Marion), > 1855-1925
1865-1945
Progressivism (United States politics)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Politics and government
United States > Politics and government > 1865-1933.
United States > Politics and government > 1933-1945.
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Belle and Bob (1879-1905)
  • 2. Bob: On the Road and on the Rise (1906-1911)
  • 3. Belle: A "New Woman" and Her Family (1891-1911)
  • 4. Fola: From Art to Activism (1904-1911)
  • 5. Transition Time: The Family Completed (1912-1916)
  • 6. The Catastrophe: Alone and at Bay (1917-1919)
  • 7. In Another Country: Old Bob's Last Campaigns (1919-1925)
  • 8. The Succession That Wasn't (1925-1941)
  • Epilogue: The War and After.

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