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

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

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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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Utgivningsdatum2007-01-23
Mått178 x 254 x 23 mm
Vikt767 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor447
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9780786429523

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Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface Introduction PART 1: THE EYE OF THE STORM1 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 HYSTERIA16 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 REVOLUTION25 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

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