Title: The politics presidents make : leadership from John Adams to George Bush /
Authors: Skowronek, Stephen.
Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Presidents United States History; Political leadership United States History
Contents: Rethinking presidential history -- Power and authority -- Structure and action -- Jeffersonian leadership: patrician prototypes -- Jacksonian leadership: classic forms -- Republican leadership: stiffening crosscurrents -- Liberal leadership: fraying boundaries -- Reagan, Bush, and beyond.