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Contents |
Setting the stage -- Creating the presidency -- The presidency of George Washington -- The rise of party politics and the triumph of Jeffersonianism -- The age of Jackson -- The presidency of Abraham Lincoln -- The reaction against presidential power : Andrew Johnson to William McKinley -- Progressive politics and executive power : the presidencies of Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft -- Woodrow Wilson and the defense of popular leadership -- The triumph of conservative republicanism -- The consolidation of the modern presidency : Franklin D. Roosevelt to Dwight D. Eisenhower -- Personalizing the presidency : John F. Kennedy to Jimmy Carter -- A restoration of presidential power? : Ronald Reagan and George Bush -- Bill Clinton and the American presidency -- The vice presidency. |
Local note | Little-298983--305131005104N |
Local note | Little-298983--305131005104N |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
LCCN | 93043358 |
ISBN | 0871879492 : |
ISBN | 087187766X (paper) : |