Michael L. Bromley

William Howard Taft and the First Motoring Presidency, 1909-1913

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Produktbeschreibung

William Howard Taft declared, ""I am sure the automobile coming in as a toy of the wealthier class is going to prove the most useful of them all to all classes, rich and poor."" Unlike his predecessors, who made public their disdain for the automobile, Taft saw the automobile industry as a great source of wealth for this country. The first president to acquire a car in office (Congress granted him three automobiles), Taft is responsible for there being a White House garage in 1909. This is a meticulously researched reappraisal of the oft-maligned Taft presidency focusing particularly on his cars, his relationship to the automobile and the role of the automobile in the politics of his day. Appendices provide information on the White House garage and stable, Taft's speech to the Automobile Club of America and a glossary of terms and names.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Januar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 837g
• ISBN-13: 9780786429523
• ISBN-10: 0786429526
• Artikelnr.: 21508990

Autorenporträt

Michael L. Bromley is a writer of political, social and automotive history. He lives in Arlington, Virginia.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments    
Preface    
Introduction    
PART 1: THE EYE OF THE STORM
1 Motoring Unspoken    
2 From Whence a President    
3 How Dare They?    
4 The Captain and the Cars    
5 Two Cars for a Tariff    
6 Peace at Last    
7 The People's House v. The Motor Age    
8 The Senate of a Great Country!    
9 Steam, Gasoline and New Stable Boys    
10 That New Car Smell and a Lady's Choice (or Just a Precocious Wife?)    
11 Portents    
12 Motoring Manifest    
13 Tariff Soup    
14 Taft's Coup    
15 An Open House (Harmony Applied)    
PART 2: THE AGE OF HYSTERIA
16 Civilizing the Savage: Motors, Roads and a Little Question of Money    
17 A Summer Scorching    
18 13,000 Miles on the Road to Winona    
19 Road Blocks    
20 Taft Settles It    
21 The Moody Blues: Taft Triumphant and a Democratic November    
22 All Upside Down    
23 Automaniacs    
24 Progressively Unhappy and a Happy Discontent    
PART 3: THE THIRD AMERICAN REVOLUTION
25 The Third Rail and the Cowcatcher    
26 Outed    
27 "With a heart full of love and gratitude..."    
28 Outrage Denied    
29 Behind The Roar-Taft's Quiet Game    
30 Motoring into the Sunset    
31 The Automobile Triumphant    
32 "Whatever we have thought of you, we love you"    
Appendix A: Letters and Documents    
Appendix B: Inventory of White House Transportation    
Appendix C: Chronologies    
Appendix D: Statistics    
Glossary of Terms    
Glossary of Names    
Bibliography    
Index