Constructing Presidential Legacy
Cullinane, Michael Patrick / Ellis, Sylvia Remembering the enduring legacies of the American presidency
What do we remember about Thomas Jefferson, the Roosevelts or Barack Obama - and how do we come to commemorate their legacies? Few personalities loom larger than the American president. Their accomplishments and failures are forensically documented, and their personal lives undergo pervasive examination by the mass media.
Such interest does not end when the president leaves the Whi...