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The presidency and the American State : leadership and decision making in the Adams, Grant, and Taft administrations / Stephen J. Rockwell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rockwell, Stephen J., 1966- author.
- Series:
- Miller Center studies on the presidency
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848.
- Adams, John Quincy.
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885.
- Grant, Ulysses S.
- Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930.
- Taft, William H.
- Presidents--United States--History--Case studies.
- Presidents.
- United States--Politics and government--19th century.
- United States.
- United States--Politics and government--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 337 pages).
- Other Title:
- Leadership and decision making in the Adams, Grant, and Taft administrations
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2023.
- Contents:
- Choices within the state, 1776-1930 : process, principled innovation, and synthesis
- President John Quincy Adams and the American State in the 1820s
- Presidential decision making and the administrative state : process and procedure in the 1820s
- President Grant and the American State after the Civil War
- Presidential decision making and the evolving state : Grant, Reconstruction, and Indian affairs
- President Taft and the 125-Year-Old American State
- Taft the builder
- Conclusion : the non-development of the American presidency and the new scholarship of the American State
- Bibliographical essay : the American State and the understudied presidency.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 07, 2023).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sylvia W. Kauders Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Rockwell, Stephen J., 1966- Presidency and the American State
- ISBN:
- 9780813950099
- 0813950090
- Publisher Number:
- 99994498784
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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