Mr. President : how and why the founders created a chief executive /
Raphael, Ray.
Mr. President : how and why the founders created a chief executive / Ray Raphael. - 1st ed. - New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. - 324 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-309) and index.
Part I. Precedents (for better and mostly worse): little gods on earth: monarchs and their governors; revolution and the retreat from executive authority -- Part II. Conjuring the office: first draft; second guesses; Gouverneur Morris's final push -- Part III. Field tests: selling the plan; the launch; Washington and the challenge to transcendent leadership; system failure: partisan politics and the election of 1800; Jefferson stretches the limits.
Offers the story of how the American presidency was shaped during the Constitutional Convention, in a history that includes Gouverneur Morris, James Madison, and George Washington, each trying to see his vision for the office of the president realized.
0307595277 : HRD $27.95 9780307595270
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Presidents--History--United States--18th century.
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Mr. President : how and why the founders created a chief executive / Ray Raphael. - 1st ed. - New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. - 324 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-309) and index.
Part I. Precedents (for better and mostly worse): little gods on earth: monarchs and their governors; revolution and the retreat from executive authority -- Part II. Conjuring the office: first draft; second guesses; Gouverneur Morris's final push -- Part III. Field tests: selling the plan; the launch; Washington and the challenge to transcendent leadership; system failure: partisan politics and the election of 1800; Jefferson stretches the limits.
Offers the story of how the American presidency was shaped during the Constitutional Convention, in a history that includes Gouverneur Morris, James Madison, and George Washington, each trying to see his vision for the office of the president realized.
0307595277 : HRD $27.95 9780307595270
Random House Inc, Attn Order Entry 400 Hahn rd, Westminster, MD, USA, 21157 SAN 201-3975
2011033471
Presidents--History--United States--18th century.
United States--Politics and government--1783-1809.
JK511 / .R36 2012
352.230973