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

Bromley, Michael L.

McFarland & Co Inc（2007/01発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 447 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780786429523
• DDC分類 973.912092

Full Description

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.

Contents

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