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Founding the American Presidency
Richard J. . Ed(S): Ellis
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Description for Founding the American Presidency
paperback. A view of the minds of the founders of the American Constitution. Organized topically, it brings together selections from the constitutional convention in Philadelphia as well as representative selections from the subsequent debates over ratification. Editor(s): Ellis, Richard J. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBT; JPHC; JPHL; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 499.
At a time when the institution of the presidency seems in a state of almost permanent crisis, it is particularly important to understand what sort of an institution the framers of the Constitution thought they were creating. Founding the American Presidency offers a first-hand view of the minds of the founders by bringing together extensive selections from the constitutional convention in Philadelphia as well as representative selections from the subsequent debates over ratification. Organized topically, the book focuses on those issues of executive power that most deeply concerned and often sharply divided the founders, including the electoral college and impeachment, ... Read more
At a time when the institution of the presidency seems in a state of almost permanent crisis, it is particularly important to understand what sort of an institution the framers of the Constitution thought they were creating. Founding the American Presidency offers a first-hand view of the minds of the founders by bringing together extensive selections from the constitutional convention in Philadelphia as well as representative selections from the subsequent debates over ratification. Organized topically, the book focuses on those issues of executive power that most deeply concerned and often sharply divided the founders, including the electoral college and impeachment, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. United States
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
Number of Pages
330
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780847694990
SKU
V9780847694990
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About Richard J. . Ed(S): Ellis
Richard J. Ellis is the Mark O. Hatfield Chair in Politics at Willamette University.
Reviews for Founding the American Presidency
The author has done an excellent job of conveying the fact that there was a real debate over the presidency specifically and the Constitution in general in which reasonable arguments could be found on both sides. Few texts accomplish this feat.
Andrew Busch, University of Denver Absolutely first rate—Richard Ellis is a superb writer and a thorough and original ... Read more
Andrew Busch, University of Denver Absolutely first rate—Richard Ellis is a superb writer and a thorough and original ... Read more