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Can I read Polk and the Presidency on EtoBox?
Polk and the Presidency by Charles A. McCoy is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Polk and the Presidency about?
“Who is James K. Polk?” was a rallying cry of the Whigs during the campaign of 1844. Polk answered that question adequately by winning the election against his Whig opponent, Henry Clay.<br> Today the question might be recast—respectfully, not derisively—“Who was James K. Polk?” Few persons could give more than a perfunctory answer, even though when he left office the United States was half again larger than it was when he became president.<br> Polk, unlike his close friend Andrew Jackson, has been the subject of but few books. Stern and serious-minded, intent upon his work, he never caught the public’s imagination as did some of the more magnetic personalities who filled the office of president. His lack of personal charm, however, should not hide from generations of Americans the great benefit he brought their country and his key role in developing the powers of the presidency.<br> This book will be a revelation to readers who might be confounded, even momentarily, by the question “Who was James K. Polk?” It is based on the assumption that the presidential power-role, though expressed in the Constitution and prescribed by law, is not a static role but a dynamic one, shaped and
Who reads Polk and the Presidency?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Charles A. McCoy
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press : University of Texas Press
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780292749672
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Political Science, Humanities