Title: The American presidency : origins and development, 1776-1998 /
Authors: Milkis, Sidney M.; Nelson, Michael, 1949-
Publisher: CQ Press,
Year: 1999
Subjects: Presidents United States History; Executive power United States History; Constitutional history United States; United States Politics and government.
Contents: The Constitutional Convention -- Creating the presidency -- The presidency of George Washington -- The rise of party politics and Thomas Jefferson -- The age of Andrew Jackson -- The presidency of Abraham Lincoln -- Andrew Johnson to William McKinley -- The presidencies of Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft -- Woodrow Wilson and the defense of popular leadership -- The Harding era -- Franklin D. Roosevelt to Dwight D. Eisenhower -- John F. Kennedy to Jimmy Carter -- Ronald Reagan and George Bush -- Bill Clinton and the modern Presidency -- The Vice Presidency.