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President and Congress / by Wilfred E. Binkley ...
LIBRA 353.03 B5
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Binkley, Wilfred E. (Wilfred Ellsworth), 1883-1965.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Congress--History.
- United States.
- United States. Congress.
- History.
- Executive power--United States.
- Executive power.
- Presidents--United States.
- Presidents.
- United States--Politics and government.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- viii pages, 1 leaf, 312 pages, vii pages, 1 leaf ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : A.A. Knopf, 1947.
- Contents:
- The problem in the Constitutional convention: How shall the executive be related to the legislature?
- The solution of the Federalist party.
- The solution to the Jeffersonian republicans.
- The Jacksonian revolution.
- The Jacksonian view of the executive prevails.
- Lincoln and Congress.
- The reaction against the executive.
- The hegemony of the Senate.
- Congressional government.
- The leadership of William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.
- The theory and practice of Woodrow Wilson.
- Three typical Republican presidents.
- The presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- The presidency in world war II.
- Summary and conclustions.
- Notes:
- "First published in 1937 as The powers of the president, by Doubleday, Doran & co. This edition completely rewritten, expanded, and reset".
- Bibliography: pages 301-312.
- OCLC:
- 1007233
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