Governor William Glasscock and Progressive Politics in West Virginia (Paperback)

From 1909 to 1913, Governor William Glasscock served the state of West Virginia as an ardent progressive and reformer. In his inaugural address he proclaimed government ""the machinery invoked and devised by man for his benefit and protection"" and good government the guarantor of the happiness, prosperity, success, and welfare of the people. Governor William Glasscock and Progressive Politics in West Virginia recounts the life and work of West Virginia's thirteenth governor. Born during the Civil War, Glasscock witnessed a country torn by sectional, fratricidal war become a powerful industrial nation by the turn of the twentieth century. Author Gary Jackson Tucker demonstrates how Glasscock, along with others during the Progressive Era, railed against large and powerful political and economic machines to enact legislation protecting free and fair elections, just taxation, regulation of public utilities, and workmen's compensation laws. Never hesitating to use the power of the state to stand firm against racism and mob rule, and placing his own personal safety in jeopardy, Glasscock won the praise and admiration of average people. Glasscock's four years in office took his own health and financial security from him, but left behind a better government - a good government - for the people of West Virginia.

General

Imprint:	West Virginia University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	West Virginia & Appalachia Series
Release date:	December 2008
First published:	December 2008
Authors:	Gary Jackson Tucker
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-1-933202-35-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of other lands Books > History > History of other lands Promotions
LSN:	1-933202-35-1
Barcode:	9781933202358

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