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Author Arnold, Peri E., 1942-

Title Remaking the presidency : Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson, 1901-1916 / Peri E. Arnold.

Imprint Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c2009.

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 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  973.910922 Ar65r 2009    ---  Available
Description xi, 277 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-263) and index.
Contents The progressive era and the presidency -- The political education of Theodore Roosevelt: partisan loyalty, reform, and the politics of self-display -- Constructing leadership to make history: anti-trust and the navy -- The political education of William Howard Taft: toward a brilliant career -- Improvising for continuity: the tariff and the blow-up at interior -- The political education of Woodrow Wilson: interpretive leadership and expediency -- A parliamentary presidency: the tariff, bank reform, and anti-trust -- The progressive presidents and the modern presidency.
Subject Progressivism (United States politics) -- History.
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930.
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924.
Progressive Party (1912)
United States -- Politics and government -- 1901-1909.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1909-1913.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1913-1921.
ISBN 9780700616596 (cloth : alk. paper)
0700616594 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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