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Title: |
White House Studies Compendium, Volume 2 |
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| Edited by: |
Robert W Watson |
| ISBN10-13: |
1600215335 : 9781600215339 |
| Illustrations: |
b/w photos & illus |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Size: |
180x260mm |
| Pages: |
448 |
| Weight: |
.984 Kg. |
| Published: |
Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US) - March 2007 |
| List Price: |
216.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 2 |
| Subjects: |
Politics & government : USA |
| The American presidency has become one of the most powerful offices in the world with the ascendancy of American power in the 20th century. This Compendium brings together piercing analyses of the American presidency -- dealing with both current issues and historical events. The compendia are the bound issues of 'White House Studies' with the addition of a comprehensive subject index as well as rearranged. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Preface; Abraham Lincoln: The President Who Changed the Role of Commander-in-Chief; Abraham Lincoln: World Political Symbol for the 21st Century; The Domestic Lincoln: White House Lobbying of the Civil War Congresses; The Emerging Scholarly Consensus on Presidential Leadership: A New Realism, an Old Idealism; JFK and the DNC; Research on the Presidency: The Usual Problem of Biographical Accounts; An Extraconstitutional Arrangement: Lyndon Johnson and the Fall of the Warren Court; Winning Friends and Influencing People: The President vs. Interest Groups; Presidents After the White House: A Preliminary Study; The Continued Need for the Prerogative Presidency; The Impact of the Activist President on the Lobbying Efforts of the Women Suffrage Movement; The Role of First Ladies in Healthcare Reform'; Female Candidates for Executive Office: The Road to the Governor’s Mansion; Elections 2000: The Mexico Agenda in the U.S. Presidential Campaigns; A Revisionist View of George Bush and Congress, 1989: Presidential Support, ‘Veto Strength,’ and Legislative Strategy; We Were Never Married: Rallying Effects of Election Victories on President Clinton's Honeymoon with the Press; The "Smallest Mistake: Explaining the Failures of the Hayes and Harrison Presidencies; The Road to Chadha: The Carter Administration and the Legislative Veto; Who Did a Better Job Informing Youth Voters in the 2000 Election - TV Network News or Online News?; The Lincoln Forum’s First Six Years: An Interview with Chairman Frank J. Williams; Let’s Bounce the Rubber Lincolns; Creation of an International Lincoln Center in the Deep South; New Glory for Old Glory: A Lincoln-Era Tradition Reborn; Someday A Woman Will be President!; American Women Presidents; Mary Todd Lincoln: Civil War First Lady; The Lady from Lexington; Abraham Lincoln Historic Digitisation Project; Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial; Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site; The Changing Presidential Election System; Monticello: The Home of Thomas Jefferson; Woodrow Wilson House; Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center; Index. |
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