Description |
1 online resource |
Series |
Gale virtual reference library |
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Gale virtual reference library.
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Contents |
Presidential Campaigns -- The Social History of the Presidency -- A History of the Presidency / Henry F. Graff xv -- The White House / William Seale xliii -- George Washington / Jacob E. Cooke 1 -- John Adams / Charles W. Akers 23 -- Thomas Jefferson / Merrill D. Peterson 39 -- James Madison / Ralph Ketcham 57 -- James Monroe / Harry Ammon 71 -- John Quincy Adams / Edward Pessen 87 -- Andrew Jackson / Richard B. Latner 101 -- Martin Van Buren / James C. Curtis 125 -- William Henry Harrison and John Tyler / Richard P. McCormick 139 -- James K. Polk / David M. Pletcher 153 -- Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore / Norman A. Graebner 171 -- Franklin Pierce / William W. Freehling 185 -- James Buchanan / Elbert B. Smith 193 -- Abraham Lincoln / Gabor S. Boritt, Matthew Pinsker 209 -- Andrew Johnson / Albert Castel 225 -- Ulysses S. Grant / John Y. Simon 241 -- Rutherford B. Hayes / Keith Ian Polakoff 257 -- James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur / Bernard A. Weisberger 269 -- Grover Cleveland / John A. Garraty 281 -- Benjamin Harrison / Louis W. Koenig 293 -- William McKinley / Paul W. Glad 307 -- Theodore Roosevelt / Richard M. Abrams 325 -- William Howard Taft / Paolo E. Coletta 347 -- Woodrow Wilson / Arthur S. Link 365 -- Warren G. Harding / Robert K. Murray 389 -- Calvin Coolidge / Donald R. McCoy 401 -- Herbert Hoover / David Burner 415 -- Franklin D. Roosevelt / David M. Kennedy 427 -- Harry S. Truman / Robert H. Ferrell 445 -- Dwight D. Eisenhower / Fred I. Greenstein 461 -- John F. Kennedy / Carl M. Brauer 481 -- Lyndon B. Johnson / Henry F. Graff 499 -- Richard M. Nixon / Richard M. Pious 517 -- Gerald R. Ford / Herbert S. Parmet 537 -- Jimmy Carter / Richard S. Kirkendall 553 -- Ronald Reagan / Alan Brinkley 571 -- George Bush / Gaddis Smith 591 -- William J. Clinton / David Maraniss, Bernard A. Weisberger 611 -- George W. Bush / Nicholas D. Kristof 639 -- The Role of First Lady: Martha Washington to Laura Bush / Betty Boyd Caroli 657 -- Appendix A General Bibliography of the Presidency 679 -- Appendix B Table of Biographical, Political, and Historical Data 687 -- Appendix C The Executive Office of the President 743 |
Summary |
Presents in-depth profiles of each American president and his administration. Includes black-and-white portraits of the presidents and extensive bibliographies. Also features a new history of the White House and a general introduction to the presidency. For students in grades 10 and higher, as well as general readers |
Notes |
Published as part of the Gale virtual reference library |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
SUBJECT |
USA President gnd |
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Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
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Presidents -- United States -- History.
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Biografie
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Geschichte
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Politics and government
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Presidents.
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Wörterbuch
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SUBJECT |
United States -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140410
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United States.
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Genre/Form |
Computer network resources
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Biographies.
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History.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Graff, Henry F. (Henry Franklin), 1921-
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LC no. |
2002001440 |
ISBN |
0684312263 |
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0684314479 |
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9780684312262 |
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9780684314471 |
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