{"product_id":"the-presidency-and-the-american-stephen-j-rockwell-9780813950075","title":"The Presidency and the American State: Leadership and Decision Making in the Adams, Grant, and Taft Administrations","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlthough many associate Franklin D. Roosevelt with the inauguration of the robust, dominant American presidency, the roots of his executive leadership style go much deeper. Examining the presidencies of John Quincy Adams, Ulysses S. Grant, and William Howard Taft, Stephen Rockwell traces emerging connections between presidential action and a robust state over the course of the nineteenth century and the Progressive Era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen J. Rockwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813950074\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813950075\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Virginia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/12\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.94d","brand":"Stephen J. Rockwell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44302021230847,"sku":"9780813950075","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c0581c27-9e08-4cfa-b04a-754eab33b95a.jpg?v=1695159062","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-presidency-and-the-american-stephen-j-rockwell-9780813950075","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}