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Routledge
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The Guide to the Presidency is an extensive study of the most important office of the U.S. political system. Its two volumes describe the history, workings and people involved in this office from Washington to Clinton. The thirty-seven chapters of the Guide , arranged into seven distinct subject areas (ranging from the origins of the office to the powers of the presidency to selection and... Read more
Volume One 1. Origins and development of the Presidency 2. Selection and Removal of the President 3. Powers of the Presidency 4. The President, the Public, and the Parties Volume Two 5. The White House and the Executive Branch 6. Chief Executive and Federal Government 7. Biographies of the Presidents and Vice Presidents
Biography
Michael Nelson
'This sprawling collection of essays on all aspects of the American presidency ... puts in one place nearly all one would ever need to know. It partakes of the virtues of a competent textbook history of the office, a biographical survey of all who have served, and a statistical abstract.' - Times Literary Supplement
