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19 produkter
American Places
Encounters with History
E-bok, 2000
151 kr
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For anyone interested in history, the physical traces of the past, especially historical places, hold a special fascination. Whether it is a battlefield or the home of a notable American, there is no question that we understand the past in a different and more immediate way when we encounter it "on …
The American President
From Teddy Roosevelt to Bill Clinton
Häftad, 2019
279 kr
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The American President is an enthralling account of American presidential actions from the assassination of William McKinley in 1901 to Bill Clinton's last night in office in January 2001. William Leuchtenburg, one of the great presidential historians of the century, portrays each of the presidents …
The American President
From Teddy Roosevelt to Bill Clinton
Inbunden, 2016
522 kr
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The American President is a riveting account of the actions of American presidents in the twentieth century from the assassination of William McKinley in 1901 to Bill Clinton's last night in office in January 2001. William Leuchtenburg, a prize-winning historian who has been a political analyst for …
That Man
An Insider's Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Av William E. Leuchtenburg, John Q. Barrett
Häftad, 2004
344 kr
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Robert H. Jackson was one of the giants of the Roosevelt era: an Attorney General, a still revered Supreme Court Justice and, not least important, one of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's close friends and advisers. His intimate memoir of FDR, written in the early 1950s before Jackson's untimely death, …
Patriot Presidents
From George Washington to John Quincy Adams
Inbunden, 2024
336 kr
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A nuanced account of the early leaders who shaped the American presidencyThe founding fathers of the United States created a unique institution, the presidency, as they were determined to authorize an effective chief executive but wary of monarchy. They endowed this office with broad prerogatives …
Patriot Presidents
From George Washington to John Quincy Adams
E-bok, 2024
218 kr
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A nuanced account of the early leaders who shaped the American presidency The founding fathers of the United States created a unique institution, the presidency, as they were determined to authorize an effective chief executive but wary of monarchy. They endowed this office with broad prerogatives …
Patriot Presidents
From George Washington to John Quincy Adams
E-bok, 2024
218 kr
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A nuanced account of the early leaders who shaped the American presidency The founding fathers of the United States created a unique institution, the presidency, as they were determined to authorize an effective chief executive but wary of monarchy. They endowed this office with broad prerogatives …
Supreme Court Reborn
Constitutional Revolution in the Age of Roosevelt
E-bok, 1996
219 kr
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For almost sixty years, the results of the New Deal have been an accepted part of political life. Social Security, to take one example, is now seen as every American''s birthright. But to validate this revolutionary legislation, Franklin Roosevelt had to fight a ferocious battle against the …
American Places
Encounters with History
E-bok, 2000
151 kr
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For anyone interested in history, the physical traces of the past, especially historical places, hold a special fascination. Whether it is a battlefield or the home of a notable American, there is no question that we understand the past in a different and more immediate way when we encounter it "on …
American President
From Teddy Roosevelt to Bill Clinton
E-bok, 2015
189 kr
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The American President is an enthralling account of American presidential actions from the assassination of William McKinley in 1901 to Bill Clinton''s last night in office in January 2001. William Leuchtenburg, one of the great presidential historians of the century, portrays each of the …
Supreme Court Reborn
Constitutional Revolution in the Age of Roosevelt
E-bok, 1996
269 kr
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For almost sixty years, the results of the New Deal have been an accepted part of political life. Social Security, to take one example, is now seen as every American''s birthright. But to validate this revolutionary legislation, Franklin Roosevelt had to fight a ferocious battle against the …
American President
From Teddy Roosevelt to Bill Clinton
E-bok, 2015
189 kr
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The American President is an enthralling account of American presidential actions from the assassination of William McKinley in 1901 to Bill Clinton''s last night in office in January 2001. William Leuchtenburg, one of the great presidential historians of the century, portrays each of the …
Perils of Prosperity, 1914-1932
Häftad, 1993
264 kr
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Beginning with Woodrow Wilson and U.S. entry into World War I and closing with the Great Depression, The Perils of Prosperity traces the transformation of America from an agrarian, moralistic, isolationist nation into a liberal, industrialized power involved in foreign affairs in spite of itself. …
In the Shadow of FDR
From Harry Truman to Barack Obama
Inbunden, 2010
1695 kr
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A ghost has inhabited the Oval Office since 1945—the ghost of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. FDR's formidable presence has cast a large shadow on the occupants of that office in the years since his death, and an appreciation of his continuing influence remains essential to understanding the …
In the Shadow of FDR
From Harry Truman to Barack Obama
Häftad, 2010
396 kr
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A ghost has inhabited the Oval Office since 1945—the ghost of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. FDR's formidable presence has cast a large shadow on the occupants of that office in the years since his death, and an appreciation of his continuing influence remains essential to understanding the …
Herbert Hoover
1923-1933
Av William E. Leuchtenburg, Arthur M. Schlesinger m. fl.
Häftad, 2009
324 kr
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Catapulted into national politics by his heroic campaigns to feed Europe during and after World War I, Herbert Hoover - an engineer by training - exemplified the economic optimism of the 1920s. This book assesses Hoover's policies and legacy in the face of one of the darkest periods of American …
Herbert Hoover
The American Presidents Series: The 31st President, 1929-1933
Av William E. Leuchtenburg, Sean Wilentz m. fl.
E-bok, 2009
176 kr
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The Republican efficiency expert whose economic boosterism met its match in the Great Depression Catapulted into national politics by his heroic campaigns to feed Europe during and after World War I, Herbert Hoover—an engineer by training—exemplified the economic optimism of the 1920s. As …
White House Looks South
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Lyndon B. Johnson
Häftad, 2007
453 kr
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Perhaps not southerners in the usual sense, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, and Lyndon B. Johnson each demonstrated a political style and philosophy that helped them influence the South and unite the country in ways that few other presidents have. Combining vivid biography and political …
