The power of the American presidency : 1789-2000 /

The power of the American presidency : 1789-2000 / Michael A. Genovese.

In The Power of the American Presidency, Michael A. Genovese, one of the best known and respected scholars on the presidency, takes readers on a journey through the personalities and politics of some of the most fascinating and at times powerful men in American history. Organized chronologically, th...

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Main Author: Genovese, Michael A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Subjects:
Executive power > United States > History.
Presidents > United States > History.
Simmons University. > Library. > Gifts. Ewbank.
Table of Contents:
  • "A republic, if you can keep it"
  • The foundational presidency / George Washington to John Quincy Adams
  • Democratization to decline/crisis to enlargement / Andrew Jackson to Abraham Lincoln
  • Reaction and shrinking/The world stage / Andrew Johnson to Woodrow Wilson
  • Republicanization and retreat/birth of the modern / Warren Harding to FDR
  • The cold war/heroic presidency / Harry S. Truman to John F. Kennedy
  • Great society to demonization/imperial to imperiled / Lyndon B. Johnson to Ronald Reagan
  • The post cold war presidency / George Bush and Bill Clinton
  • Conclusion / The presidency in the new millennium
  • Appendix A: The presidents of the United States
  • Appendix B: Presidential elections
  • Appendix C: Political control of Congress: 1789-1997
  • Appendix D: First Ladies and wives of the Presidents
  • Appendix E: Vice Presidents
  • Appendix F: Letter to Thomas Jefferson
  • Appendix G: Federalist nos. 69 and 70
  • To the citizens of the State of New York
  • Appendix I: The Presidency and the Constitution.

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