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Inventing the job of president leadership style from George Washington to Andrew Jackson

Title: Inventing the job of president [electronic resource] : leadership style from George Washington to Andrew Jackson / Fred I. Greenstein.
Author: Greenstein, Fred I.
Publication: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2009.

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1 online resource (165 p.) : ill.

Uniform Title

Inventing the job of president (Online)

Alternative Title

Inventing the job of president (Online)

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

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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.

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