| Description |
1 online resource (242 pages). |
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| Series |
Biography Studies |
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Biography Studies.
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Description based upon print version of record. |
| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Introduction. The Personal Presidency -- Chapter 1. The Symbiosis between Biography and History -- Chapter 2. U.S. Presidents and Psychohistory -- Chapter 3. Origins and Development of Lincoln's Antislavery Policies -- Chapter 4. Jackson's Heir: How Andrew Johnson Shaped the Post-Civil War Political Order -- Chapter 5. Franklin D. Roosevelt as an Architect of Public History -- Chapter 6. "A Different and Better Future": Eleanor Roosevelt and the Global Atlantic |
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Chapter 7. War Hero in the White House: Dwight Eisenhower and the Politics of Peace, Prosperity, and Party -- Chapter 8. "Like a Jackass in a Hailstorm": Lyndon Johnson, Vietnam, and the Upending of the American Century -- Chapter 9. The Perfect Storm: Richard Nixon and the Office of Telecommunications Policy -- Chapter 10. Hellhounds on the Campaign Trail: Region, Religion, and Manhood in Jimmy Carter's Race for the White House -- Chapter 11. Will the Real Trump Please Stand Up? Donald Trump's Elusive Persona -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"The turbulent and unpredictable presidency of Donald Trump has intensified public and scholarly attention to the personalities of presidents. "Profiles in Power" approaches the presidency as a personal affair that is shaped, in part, by the character of the occupants of the Oval Office and their attempts to craft public personas. In ten biographical essays that focus on individual presidents and on one First Lady, the authors in this volume build on a renewed interest in presidential studies that emphasizes individual agency. As such, the book seeks to bring the personal aspect of the presidency back into U.S. political history"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
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Character -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Presidents -- United States -- Conduct of life.
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Executive power -- United States -- History.
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Executive power. (OCoLC)fst00917857
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Presidents. (OCoLC)fst01075723
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Presidents -- Conduct of life.
(OCoLC)fst01075740
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Zwiers, Maarten, 1979-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Olthof, Jelte Profiles in Power : Personality, Persona, and the U. S. President Boston : BRILL,c2020 9789004414440 |
| ISBN |
9789004422643 (electronic book) |
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