The Evolving Presidency: Landmark Documents, 1787-2008, 3rd Edition
Michael Nelsonteaches courses on U.S. politics, presidency, and the Constitutional Convention at Rhodes College. In addition, he participates in the college's humanities course: The Search for Values in the Light of Western History and Religion. Before coming to Rhodes in 1991, he taught at Vanderbilt University for thirteen years and was the editor ofThe Washington Monthly.His most recent books areThe Presidency and the Political System,8th ed. (2006),The Elections of 2004(2005),The Evolving Presidency,2nd ed. (2004),The American Presidency: Origins and Development, 1776-2002,4th ed. (with Sidney M. Milkis, 2003),Governing Gambling: Politics and Policy in State, Tribe, and Nation(with John Lyman Mason, 2001), andCelebrating the Humanities: A Half Century of the Search Course at Rhodes College(1996).