America's political dynasties : from Adams to Clinton /

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America was founded in rebellion against nobility and inherited status. Yet from the start, dynastic families have been conspicuous in national politics. The Adamses. The Lodges. The Tafts. The Roosevelts. The Kennedys. And today the Bushes and the Clintons. Longtime presidential historian Stephen H...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hess, Stephen (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Politicians > Family relationships > United States.
Politicians > United States > Biography.
Politiciens > Relations familiales > États-Unis.
Politiciens > États-Unis > Biographies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
Politicians.
Politicians > Family relationships.
Politics and government.
Politische Elite
Politische Führung
Dynastie
Familie
Politik
United States > Biography.
United States > Politics and government.
États-Unis > Biographies.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement.
United States.
USA.
Biography
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The dynastic impulse
  • The Adams dynasty
  • The Lee dynasty
  • The Livingston dynasty
  • The Washburn dynasty
  • The Muhlenberg dynasty
  • The Roosevelt dynasty
  • The Harrison dynasty
  • The Breckinridge dynasty
  • The Bayard dynasty
  • The Taft dynasty
  • The Frelinghuysen dynasty
  • The Tucker dynasty
  • The Stockton dynasty
  • The Long dynasty
  • The Lodge dynasty
  • The Kennedy dynasty
  • The Bush dynasty
  • The Clinton dynasty
  • Epilogue : ending in mid-sentence.

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