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Ambar, Saladin M.

How governors built the modern American presidency [electronic resource] / Saladin M. Ambar. - 1st ed. - Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2012. - 1 online resource (184 p.) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The hidden prince: unveiling the presidency's executive narrative -- Emerging executives of the Second Republic, 1876-1912 -- Theodore Roosevelt and the new American executive, 1881-1911 -- An "unconstitutional governor": Woodrow Wilson and the people's executive -- Prince of the Hudson: FDR's Albany executive -- "Undoing the framers' work": executive power and American democracy.

ISBN: 9780812206234

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Governors--Powers and duties.--United States
Executive power--History--United States--20th century.
Executive power--History--United States--19th century.
Presidents--History--United States--20th century.
Presidents--History--United States--19th century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Politics and government--1865-1933.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: JK511 / .A63 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 352.230973