Several generations of historians figuratively abandoned the Oval
Office as the bastion of out-of-fashion stories of great men. And
now, decades later, the historical analysis of the American
presidency remains on the outskirts of historical scholarship, even
as policy and political history have rebounded within the academy.
In Recapturing the Oval Office, leading historians and social
scientists forge an agenda for returning the study of the
presidency to the mainstream practice of history and they chart how
the study of the presidency can be integrated into historical
narratives that combine rich analyses of political, social, and
cultural history.The authors demonstrate how "bringing the
presidency back in" can deepen understanding of crucial questions
regarding race relations, religion, and political economy. The
contributors illuminate the conditions that have both empowered and
limited past presidents, and thus show how social, cultural, and
political contexts matter. By making the history of the presidency
a serious part of the scholarly agenda in the future, historians
have the opportunity to influence debates about the proper role of
the president today.Contributors: Brian Balogh, University of
Virginia; Michael A. Bernstein, Tulane University; Kathryn Cramer
Brownell, Purdue University; N. D. B. Connolly, The Johns Hopkins
University; Frank Costigliola, University of Connecticut; Gareth
Davies, University of Oxford; Darren Dochuk, Washington University;
Susan J. Douglas, University of Michigan; Daniel J. Galvin,
Northwestern University; William I. Hitchcock, University of
Virginia; Cathie Jo Martin, Boston University; Alice O'Connor,
University of California, Santa Barbara; Bruce J. Schulman, Boston
University; Robert O. Self, Brown University; Stephen Skowronek,
Yale University
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