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Examining the presidencies of John Quincy Adams, Ulysses S. Grant, and William Howard Taft, Stephen Rockwell traces emerging connections between presidential action and a robust state over the course of the nineteenth century and the Progressive Era.

Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. Choices Within the State, 1776-1930: Process, Principled Innovation, and Synthesis
  • 2. President John Quincy Adams and the American State in the 1820s
  • 3. Presidential Decision Making and the Administrative State: Process and Procedure in the 1820s
  • 4. President Grant and the American State After the Civil War
  • 5. Presidential Decision Making and the Evolving State: Grant, Reconstruction, and Indian Affairs
  • 6. President Taft and the 125-Year-Old American State
  • 7. Taft the Builder
  • Conclusion: The Non-Development of the American Presidency and the New Scholarship of the American State

The Presidency and the American State Leadership

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    Publisher: MP-VIR Uni of Virginia
    Publication Date: 10/12/2023 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780813950082, 978-0813950082
    ISBN10: 0813950082
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    Civil wars Early modern warfare

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Examining the presidencies of John Quincy Adams, Ulysses S. Grant, and William Howard Taft, Stephen Rockwell traces emerging connections between presidential action and a robust state over the course of the nineteenth century and the Progressive Era.

    Table of Contents
    • Introduction
    • 1. Choices Within the State, 1776-1930: Process, Principled Innovation, and Synthesis
    • 2. President John Quincy Adams and the American State in the 1820s
    • 3. Presidential Decision Making and the Administrative State: Process and Procedure in the 1820s
    • 4. President Grant and the American State After the Civil War
    • 5. Presidential Decision Making and the Evolving State: Grant, Reconstruction, and Indian Affairs
    • 6. President Taft and the 125-Year-Old American State
    • 7. Taft the Builder
    • Conclusion: The Non-Development of the American Presidency and the New Scholarship of the American State

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