Political thought and the origins of the American presidency / edited by Ben Lowe ; foreword by David Armitage.
| Other author | Lowe, Ben, 1956- |
| Other author | Armitage, David, 1965- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2021. |
| Description | xvi, 325 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | The Alan B. and Charna Larkin series on the American presidency |
| Contents | Political Thought and the Intellectual Origins of the American Presidency: Royalism, Executive Power, and the History of Ideas / Ben Lowe -- Part I. The European Origins of the American Presidency -- Checks and Balances: The Cromwellian Origins of the Presidency / Blair Worden -- Party and Faction in Eighteenth-Century Political Thought from Montesquieu to Madison / Max Skj"nsberg -- Does the United States Need a Bill of Rights? Monarchs, Presidents, and the Persistence of a Political Genre in the Age of the American Revolution / Eric Slauter -- Enlightened Despotism and the American Revolution: The Political Thought of Frederick the Great of Prussia / Caroline Winterer -- Part II. The Politics of Constitution Making: The Executive and the Federal Union -- National Power and the Presidency: Rival Forms of Federalist Constitutionalism at the Founding / Jonathan Gienapp -- Defending an Energetic Executive: Theory and Practice in The Federalist / Claire Rydell Arcenas -- Is the Electoral College the Fundamental Problem? New State Admissions and the U.S. Constitution / Fran©ʹois Furstenberg -- Part III. Implementing an Ideal: Political Theory and Practice among the Early Presidents -- The Political Practices of the First Presidents: The Cabinet and the Executive Branch / Lindsay M. Chervinsky -- Mirror for Presidents: George Washington and the Law of Nations / Daniel J. Hulsebosch -- Liberty and Power: The Classical Republicanism of George Washington and Mercy Otis Warren / Rosemarie Zagarri |
| Abstract | "This volume examines the political ideas behind the construction of the presidency in the U.S. Constitution, as well as how these ideas were implemented by the nation's early presidents"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020045519 |
| ISBN | 9780813066813 (hardback) |
| ISBN | (pdf) |
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