| Description |
1 online resource (xxxvi, 921 pages) : illustrations |
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Opinions throughout history |
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Opinions throughout history.
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| Contents |
Defining the presidency: George Washington (1789-1797) -- The natural aristocracy: John Adams (1797-1801) -- Aristocratic progressivism: Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809) -- Father of the constitution: James Madison (1809-1817) -- Controlling the Americas: James Monroe (1817-1825) -- A populist revolution: John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson (1825-1837) -- A conservative division: Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, and John Tyler (1837-1845) -- Manifest destiny: James K. Polk (1845-1849) -- The last of the Whigs: Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore (1849-1853) -- An inevitable collapse: Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan (1853-1861) -- Emancipation: Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865) -- Reconstruction halted: Andrew Johnson (1865-1869) -- Corrupt bargains: Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877) -- The lost presidents: Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, and Chester A. Arthur (1877-1885) -- Popularity and political corruption: Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison(1885-1897) -- A state of anarchy: William McKinley (1897-1901) -- Natural American history: Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft (1901-1913) -- The dawn of internationalism: Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921) -- The conservative shift: Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover (1921-1933) -- New ideas: Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933-1945) -- Extreme solutions: Harry S. Truman (1945-1953) -- The Cold War hero: Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961) -- Civil rights and human rights: John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson (1961-1969) -- Thieves and liars: Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford (1969-1977) -- Moralistic progressivism: Jimmy Carter (1977-1981) -- Acting like a president: Ronald Reagan (1981-1989) -- Crime and punishment: George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton (1989-2001) -- Empire and archetype: George W. Bush and Barack Obama (2001-2017) -- America's business: Donald Trump (2017-) -- Conclusion: the limits of power |
| Summary |
This volume looks at how American presidents have used the power of the presidency not only to shape America's domestic and foreign policy, but also for personal gain |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Title page of print version |
| Subject |
United States. Executive Office of the President -- History
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United States. Executive Office of the President -- Public opinion
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| SUBJECT |
United States. Executive Office of the President. fast (OCoLC)fst00534286 |
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Executive power -- United States -- History
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Executive power -- United States -- Public opinion
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Presidents -- United States -- History
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Executive power.
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Executive power -- Public opinion.
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Presidents.
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Public opinion.
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United States.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781787857339 |
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1787857336 |
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9781642654516 |
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1642654515 |
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