| Description |
xv, 269 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
American presidency series |
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American presidency series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
"The man of the hour" in 1908 -- Being his own king -- The new president and his country -- Seeking downward revision : the Payne-Aldrich Tariff -- The Ballinger-Pinchot controversy -- Taft, Knox, and dollar diplomacy -- Taft and Congress, 1910 -- Taft, Roosevelt, and the 1910 election -- Taft as administrator -- Reciprocity, revolution, and arbitration -- Toward a break with Roosevelt -- "Roosevelt was my closest friend" -- The 1912 campaign -- Leaving the White House. |
| Subject |
United States -- Politics and government -- 1909-1913.
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Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930.
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| ISBN |
9780700616749 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0700616748 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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