How governors built the modern American presidency [electronic resource] /
Saladin M. Ambar.
- 1st ed.
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2012.
- xiii, 185 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The hidden prince: unveiling the presidency's executive narrative -- Emerging executives of the Second Republic, 1876-1912 -- Theodore Roosevelt and the new American executive, 1881-1911 -- An "unconstitutional governor": Woodrow Wilson and the people's executive -- Prince of the Hudson: FDR's Albany executive -- "Undoing the framers' work": executive power and American democracy.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780812206234 (electronic bk.)
Presidents--History--United States--19th century. Presidents--History--United States--20th century. Executive power--History--United States--19th century. Executive power--History--United States--20th century. Governors--Powers and duties.--United States
United States--Politics and government--1865-1933.