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Author Greenstein, Fred I.

Title Inventing the job of president [electronic resource] : leadership style from George Washington to Andrew Jackson / Fred I. Greenstein.

Imprint Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2009.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description 165 p. : ill., ports.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The presidential difference in the early republic -- The foundational presidency of George Washington -- John Adams : absentee chief executive -- Thomas Jefferson and the art of governance -- The anticlimactic presidency of James Madison -- The political competence of James Monroe -- The political incompetence of John Quincy Adams -- Andrew Jackson : force of nature -- Presidents, leadership qualities, and political development.
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 -- 18th century.
Presidents -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Political leadership -- United States -- Case studies.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780691133584 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0691133581 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781400831364 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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