Presidents Above Party: The First American Presidency, 1789-1829UNC Press Books, 01.04.2013 - 288 Seiten George Washington's vision was a presidency free of party, a republican, national office that would transcend faction. That vision would remain strong in the administrations of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, and John Quincy Adams, yet largely disappear under Andrew Jackson and his successors. This book is a comprehensive and pathbreaking study of the early presidency and the ideals behind it. Ralph Ketcham examines the roots of nonpartisan leadership in Western thought and the particular influences on the founding fathers. Intellectual and political profiles of the first six presidents and their administrations emphasize the construction each put on the office, the challenges he faced, and the compromises he did and did not make. The erosion of nonpartisanship under Andrew Jackson is presented as a counterpoint that helps define the early presidency and the permanent transition from it. Addressing the thoughtful citizen as well as the scholar, the author poses the fundamental questions about presidential leadership, then and now. The best study of the early presidency, this book is an intellectual portrait of the age that will challenge received notions of American history. |
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... ment : limitation of aristocracy , improvement of representative institutions , protection of individual liberties , enlargement of suffrage , fuller response to vox populi , the rise of parties , and so on . Thus the ideology and ...
... ment : limitation of aristocracy , improvement of representative institutions , protection of individual liberties , enlargement of suffrage , fuller response to vox populi , the rise of parties , and so on . Thus the ideology and ...
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... ment repudiated by the American Revolution , and although the notion of prerogative was generally unwelcome to Americans in 1787 , the ideas re- mained in force that governments should seek “ wisdom and goodness ” and that the executive ...
... ment repudiated by the American Revolution , and although the notion of prerogative was generally unwelcome to Americans in 1787 , the ideas re- mained in force that governments should seek “ wisdom and goodness ” and that the executive ...
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... ment , he remained convinced that his fundamental obligation was to rule wisely according to God's law . In 1645 , after being accused and then acquitted of acting arbitrarily , Winthrop reminded the General Court that though the ...
... ment , he remained convinced that his fundamental obligation was to rule wisely according to God's law . In 1645 , after being accused and then acquitted of acting arbitrarily , Winthrop reminded the General Court that though the ...
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... ment " had banished luxury , and hoped England might no more encourage trade and all its entailed corruptions than Sparta had done.3 In fact , the new economic theorists were pointing , only half - consciously , toward a radical ...
... ment " had banished luxury , and hoped England might no more encourage trade and all its entailed corruptions than Sparta had done.3 In fact , the new economic theorists were pointing , only half - consciously , toward a radical ...
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The American Presidency 17891837 | 87 |
Republican Dilemmas Virtue and Commerce Leadership and Party | 163 |
Notes | 237 |
Index | 261 |
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