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| Contents |
Constitutional convention -- Creating the presidency -- Bringing the constitutional presidency to life : George Washington and John Adams -- 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, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson -- 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 H. W. Bush -- Bill Clinton and the modern presidency -- George W. Bush and the unilateral presidential power -- Barack Obama and the dilemma of modern presidential leadership -- The vice presidency. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2011015137 |
| ISBN | 9781608712816 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1608712818 (alk. paper) |
