Rogues, aristocrats, and a future U.S. president. These and other governors are portrayed in this revised and updated edition of the classic reference work on the chief executives of New Jersey. Editors Michael J. Birkner, Donald Linky, and Peter Mickulas present new essays on the governors of the last three decades - Brendan T. Byrne, Thomas Kean, James Florio, Christine Todd Whitman, Donald DiFrancesco, James McGreevey, Richard Codey, and Jon Corzine. The essays included in the original edition are amended, edited, and corrected as necessary in light of new and relevant scholarship. The authors of each governor's life story represent a roster of such notable scholars as Larry Gerlach, Stanley Katz, Arthur Link, and Clement Price, as well as many other experts on New Jersey history and politics. As a result, this revised edition is a thorough and current reference work on the New Jersey governorship - one of the strongest in the nation.Also of New Jersey Politics and GovernmentThe Suburbs Come of AgeFourth EditionBarbara G. Salmore with Stephen A. Salmore978-0-8135-6139-4 paper $34.95A volume in the Rivergate Regionals CollectionMe, Governor?My Life in the Rough-and-Tumble World of New Jersey PoliticsRichard J. Codey978-0-8135-5045-9 cloth $24.95The Life and Times of Richard J. HughesThe Politics of CivilityJohn B. Wefing978-0-8135-4641-4 cloth $32.50Governor Tom KeanFrom the New Jersey Statehouse to the 911 CommissionAlvin S. Felzenberg978-0-8135-3799-3 cloth $29.95