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Essays on the presidents : principles and politics /
This collection of essays shares the humorous, intriguing, and little-known or widely misunderstood aspects of the American presidency. Personality - of the most interesting presidents and of the author himself - is an important theme throughout this collection. This book leads the reader to see wha...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Fort Worth, Texas :
TCU Press,
[2012]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The first American presidency, 1789-1829
- The log cabin myth about American presidents
- Pennsylvania : the avenue of the presidents
- The story of presidential campaigns : from electioneering to taking to the stump
- No need to salute the troops, Sir
- To bigotry no sanction
- The campaign of 1852 : a civilian beats a general
- Professional soldiers in the White House
- Religion in American presidential campaigns
- George Washington and civil supremacy
- George and the Quakers
- John Adams's marginal comments
- Jefferson's dreams for the future
- Thomas Jefferson and Tom Paine : aristocrat and democrat
- The Madisons : James and Dolley
- The gifted Abraham Lincoln
- Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression
- F.D.R. and the New Deal
- Harry Truman in the White House
- The Eisenhower diaries
- The diversions of Lyndon Johnson
- Bush-speak
- Presidential wives : the quest for identity
- The American presidents and Shakespeare
- The inauguration of Barack Obama
- They really said it : quotes from the presidents and their wives.