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Author Milkis, Sidney M., author.

Title The American presidency : origins and development, 1776 -2014 / Sidney M. Milkis, Michael Nelson.

Publication Info. Thousand Oaks, California : CQ Press, [2016]

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  352.23 M644A    Check Shelf
Edition Seventh edition.
25th anniversary edition.
Description xii, 608 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The 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. Kenney 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 unilateral presidential power -- Managing alone: Barack Obama and the dilemma of modern presidential leadership -- The vice presidency -- Appendix: Constitution of the United States; U.S. Presidents and Vice Presidents; Summary of presidential elections, 1789-2012.
Subject Presidents -- United States.
Executive power -- United States -- History.
Constitutional history -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government.
Constitutional history. (OCoLC)fst00875777
Executive power. (OCoLC)fst00917857
Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
Presidents. (OCoLC)fst01075723
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author Nelson, Michael, 1949- author.
ISBN 9781483318691 (paperback)
1483318699 (paperback)
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