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Author

Ambar, Saladin M.

Title How governors built the modern American presidency [electronic resource] / Saladin M. Ambar.

Imprint

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2012.

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Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Edition	1st ed.
Description	xiii, 185 p. : ill.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	The hidden prince: unveiling the presidency's executive narrative -- Emerging executives of the Second Republic, 1876-1912 -- Theodore Roosevelt and the new American executive, 1881-1911 -- An "unconstitutional governor": Woodrow Wilson and the people's executive -- Prince of the Hudson: FDR's Albany executive -- "Undoing the framers' work": executive power and American democracy.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	Presidents -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Presidents -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Executive power -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
	Executive power -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Governors -- United States -- Powers and duties.
	United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1933.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	9780812243963 (hardcover : alk. paper)
	9780812206234 (electronic bk.)