The Presidential Companion: Readings on the First Ladies - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1570034613 ISBN 13 : 9781570034619

Editeur : University of South Carolina Press, 2002

Synopsis

Bringing together the work of notable historians, political scientists, and sociologists, this text offers a collection of essays that demonstrate the political relevance of first ladies throughout U.S. history and the dramatic expansion of their power during the 20th century. With a preface by Hillary Clinton's former chief of staff, Melanne Verveer, this anthology attempts to fill a gap in scholarship about the position of first lady and reveals the political acumen and activism of a number of the unofficial office holders. The contributors reveal how the office has grown in political influence, from Martha Washington's selection of furnishings for the presidential mansion to Hillary Rodham Clinton's leadership of the President's Task Force on National Health Care Reform. They offer chapters on presidential wives who have changed the nature of the office of first lady and which explore issues that have affected the first ladies' use of the bully pulpit. The book underscores the notion that an understanding of presidential spouses is central to the study of the American presidency. At the same time the volume dispels the myth that Eleanor Roosevelt and her successors have been the only presidential spouses to make significant public and political contributions to the nation.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Robert P. Watson has published seven books and more than a hundred scholarly articles on American politics and presidential spouses. He edited the encyclopedia American First Ladies, has been interviewed by numerous major media organizations, and has taught at several universities, including the University of Hawaii at Hilo and Florida Atlantic University. Currently the editor of White House Studies, a journal of scholarship and commentary on the politics and history of the White House, Watson lives in Boca Raton, Florida. Anthony J. Eksterowicz has authored and coauthored more than thirty scholarly articles dealing with executive/legislative relations, presidential transitions, presidential leadership, and first ladies. He is the coeditor and author of American Democracy: Representation, Participation, and the Future of the Republic, The Post Cold War Presidency, and Public Journalism and Political Knowledge. Eksterowicz, a professor of political science at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, lives in Afton, Virginia.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of South Carolina Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1570034613
• ISBN 13: 9781570034619
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Éditeur: Watson Robert P., Eksterowicz Anthony J.
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