Inventing the job of president
Subtitle: leadership style from George Washington to Andrew Jackson
By: Fred I. Greenstein.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 165
ISBN-13: 9780691133584
Subjects: Presidents -- United States -- History -- 18th century; Presidents -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Presidents -- United States -- Biography; Political leadership -- United States -- Case studies; United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865
Genres: Biography.; Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The presidential difference in the early republic; title: The foundational presidency of George Washington; title: John Adams; title: Thomas Jefferson and the art of governance; title: The anticlimactic presidency of James Madison; title: The political competence of James Monroe; title: The political incompetence of John Quincy Adams; title: Andrew Jackson; title: Presidents, leadership qualities, and political development.