{"product_id":"going-home-richard-f-fenno-9780226241319","title":"Going Home: Black Representatives and Their Constituents","description":"Thirty years ago there were nine African Americans in the U.S. House of Representatives. Today there are four times that number. In \u003ci\u003eGoing Home\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fenno follows the careers of four black representatives-Louis Stokes, Barbara Jordan, Chaka Fattah, and Stephanie Tubbs Jones-from their home districts to the halls of the Capitol. He finds that while these politicians had different visions of how they should represent their districts (in part based on their individual preferences, and in part based on the history of black politics in America), they shared crucial organizational and symbolic connections to their constituents. These connections, which draw on a sense of \"linked fates,\" are ones that only black representatives can provide to black constituents. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e His detailed portraits and incisive analyses will be important for anyone interested in the workings of Congress or in black politics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard F. Fenno\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226241319\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226241319\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.12h x 6.02w x 0.69d","brand":"Richard F. Fenno","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46685594124543,"sku":"9780226241319","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_81d03b1a-c560-498e-a27e-338da8184932.jpg?v=1741726191","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/going-home-richard-f-fenno-9780226241319","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}