Description
By analyzing these three undervalued presidents’ savvy deployment of state authority and their use of administrative leadership, legislative initiatives, direct executive action, and public communication, Rockwell makes a compelling case that the nineteenth-century presidency was significantly more developed and interventionist than previously thought. As he shows for a significant number of policy arenas, the actions of Adams, Grant, and Taft touched the lives of millions of Americans and laid the foundations of what would become the American century.
Book Information
ISBN 9780813950082
Author Stephen J. Rockwell
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint University of Virginia Press
Publisher University of Virginia Press