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Informationen zum Autor ARTHUR M. SCHLESINGER, JR., the author of sixteen books, was a renowned historian and social critic. He twice won the Pulitzer Prize, in 1946 for The Age of Jackson and in 1966 for A Thousand Days. He was also the winner of the National Book Award for both A Thousand Days and Robert Kennedy and His Times (1979). In 1998 he was awarded the prestigious National Humanities Medal. Klappentext From two-time Pulitzer Prize?winning historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., comes one of the most important and influential investigations of the American presidency. The Imperial Presidency traces the growth of presidential power over two centuries, from George Washington to George W. Bush, examining how it has both served and harmed the Constitution and what Americans can do about it in years to come. The book that gave the phrase ?imperial presidency? to the language, this is a work of ?substantial scholarship written with lucidity, charm, and wit? (The New Yorker). Zusammenfassung From two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., comes one of the most important and influential investigations of the American presidency. The Imperial Presidency traces the growth of presidential power over two centuries, from George Washington to George W. Bush, examining how it has both served and harmed the Constitution and what Americans can do about it in years to come. The book that gave the phrase “imperial presidency” to the language, this is a work of “substantial scholarship written with lucidity, charm, and wit” (The New Yorker).

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• Autori: Arthur Schlesinger, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Arthur Meier Jr. Schlesinger, Schlesinger Arthur M.
• Editore: External catalogues US
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.08.2004
• EAN: 9780618420018
• ISBN: 978-0-618-42001-8
• Dimensioni: 140 mm x 210 mm x 38 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; HISTORY: WORLD, HISTORY: United States / 21st Century, HISTORY: United States / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE: World / General, HISTORY: United States / State & Local / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE: American Government / Executive Branch, HISTORY: Reference, POLITICAL SCIENCE: American Government / State, POLITICAL SCIENCE: American Government / National, HISTORY: Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), SCIENCE: History, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Reference