Mr. President : how and why the founders created a chief executive / Ray Raphael.
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TextPublication details: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.Description: 324 p. ; 21 cmISBN: - 9780307742384
- 0307742385
- Presidents -- United States -- History -- 18th century
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1809
- Political science
- Presidentes -- Estados Unidos -- Historia -- Siglo XVIII
- Ciencia política
- Presidentes -- Estados Unidos -- Biografías
- Estados Unidos -- Historia constitucional
- Primera Jornada de Catalogacion
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1809
- Estados Unidos -- Política y Gobierno -- 1783-1809
- 352.2309
- 002 JK 511 R217m 2012
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-309) and index.
Prologue: a pregnant moment -- I. Precedents (for better and mostly worse) -- "Little gods on earth": monarchs and their governors -- Revolution and the retreat from executive authority -- II. Conjuring the office -- First draft -- Second guesses --Gouverneur Morris's final push -- 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 -- Epilogue: then and now--translations -- Postscript: why the story has not been told.
Summary: 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.
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