Going Home: Black Representatives and Their Constituents

by Richard F. Fenno Jr.

Book Overview

Thirty years ago there were nine African Americans in the U.S. House of Representatives. Today there are four times that number. In Going Home, the dean of congressional studies, Richard F. Fenno, explores what representation has meant-and means today-to black voters and to the politicians they have elected to office.

Fenno follows the careers of four black representatives-Louis Stokes, Barbara Jordan, Chaka Fattah, and Stephanie Tubbs...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226241319
• ISBN13: 9780226241319
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"