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Greenstein, Fred I.

Inventing the job of president leadership style from George Washington to Andrew Jackson / [electronic resource] : Fred I. Greenstein. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2009. - 165 p. : ill., ports.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Presidents--History--United States--18th century.
Presidents--History--United States--19th century.
Presidents--United States--Biography.
Political leadership--United States--Case studies.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Politics and government--1783-1865.

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: E176.1 / .G829 2009eb

Dewey Class. No.: 973.8092/2