The American heritage history of the Presidency

Summary: This discussion of the Presidency as an institution is an examination of the office itself, offered on a chronological framework.

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Physical Description: print
384 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles (some color), portraits (some color) ; 29 cm
Publisher: [New York] : American Heritage Pub. Co. ; [1968]

General Note:	Beginning with 1969 ed. published under title: American Presidents and the Presidency.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (page 377) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	I. The invention of the presidency : The office created -- II. The formative years : The office defined and tested -- The presidency consolidated -- The place of party politics -- III. The presidency in eclipse : Suspicion of the presidency -- Authority of the abeyance -- The folklore of the presidency -- IV. Expansion of authority : Changing eight: changing factors -- The president and world powers -- The presidency and the union -- V. The future of the presidency : Conscience of the nation.