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Mr. President : how and why the founders created a chief executive / Ray Raphael.

By: Publication details: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.Edition: 1st edDescription: 324 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780307595270 (hardcover)
  • 9780307742384
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 352.230973 23
LOC classification:
  • JK511 .R36 2012
Contents:
Part I. Precedents (for better and mostly worse): little gods on earth: monarchs and their governors; revolution and the retreat from executive authority -- Part II. Conjuring the office: first draft; second guesses; Gouverneur Morris's final push -- Part III. Field tests: selling the plan; the launch; Washington and the challenge to transcendent leadership; system failure: partisan politics and the election of 1800; Jefferson stretches the limits.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks JK511 .R36 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001266112

Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-309) and index.

Part I. Precedents (for better and mostly worse): little gods on earth: monarchs and their governors; revolution and the retreat from executive authority -- Part II. Conjuring the office: first draft; second guesses; Gouverneur Morris's final push -- Part III. Field tests: selling the plan; the launch; Washington and the challenge to transcendent leadership; system failure: partisan politics and the election of 1800; Jefferson stretches the limits.

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