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Maligned Presidents: The Late 19th Century (Hardcover)
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Maligned Presidents: The Late 19th Century (Hardcover)
Series: The Evolving American Presidency
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Total price: R1,740
Discovery Miles: 17 400
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Certain 19th Century presidencies contrast common perceptions of
the office's authority and strength. These presidents were a strong
group and were anything but insignificant. They fought substantial
battles with Congress and often won. This book seeks to provide
more substantive analysis of maligned presidencies and the legacies
left behind. Much of the disdain directed toward their efforts
reflects implicit--if not explicit--racism: black civil rights not
only were unimportant, but advocating them tends often to be
treated as rabble-rousing. The effects of the long popularity of
the theories of the late Richard Neustadt--that presidents occupy a
weak office, but make it strong through coalition-building and
personal strength--may also have affected attitudes toward these
presidents, who tended to make full use of the inherent powers of
the office to counterbalance Congress. A full understanding of the
presidency is difficult, if not impossible, to achieve if one has a
warped perception of this rather important period in its
development
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