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[A] superb study of the way FDR successfully created a presidency that could renew America' - Times Literary Supplement One of the greatest American presidents, Franklin Delano Roosevelt built a coalition of labour, ethnic, urban, low-income and African American voters that underwrote the Democratic Party's national ascendancy from the 1930s to the 1980s. Over his four terms, he promoted the New Deal - the greatest reform programme in US hist...

Iwan Morgan takes a fresh look at FDR, showing how his leadership enabled the United States of America to become the most successful country of the twentieth century. This astute and original assessment of a highly consequential presidency explains how Roosevelt enhanced the governing capacity of his office, promoted a constitutional revolution through his dealings with the Supreme Court, and forged a new intimacy between the president and the...

Presidential Image has become an integral part of the campaign, presidency and legacy of Modern American presidents. Across the 20th century to the age of Trump, presidential image has dominated media coverage and public consciousness, winning elections, gaining support for their leadership in office and shaping their reputation in history.Using ten presidential case studies. this edited collection features contributions from scholars and poli...

Major biography by a leading historian of US, Continually interesting figure in modern history, Strong interest in this period of foreign affairs

This volume examines how the political, economic and social changes of the Great Depression impacted on Hollywood and how it responded to them.

A refreshingly clear analysis of the main trends of budget policy from the Roosevelt to the Clinton presidencies, focusing on federal expenditure and tax policies. A fine short volume...it could not have come at a better time. Library Journal.

A refreshingly clear analysis of the main trends of budget policy from the Roosevelt to the Clinton presidencies, focusing on federal expenditure and tax policies.

Brings together the work of leading civil rights scholars to offer a new and ground-breaking perspective on student-oriented activism in the 1960s. The eight essays in this collection not only delineate the role of SNCC over the course of the struggle for African American civil rights but also offer an updated perspective on the development and impact of the sit-in movement in light of new research into organizational records and the personal ...

More than any other nation, the US has shaped the course of world history during the 20th century which has been referred to as 'The American Century'. In this absorbing and accessible book, leading scholars of American history examine the century as a whole, highlighting the continuities underlying the cyclical change and apparent diversity that have marked America's development since 1900.

Ronald Reagan is one of the most important and arguably most successful presidents in modern American history. He is broadly credited with renewing American prosperity in the wake of the most miserable economic era since the 1930s, laying the foundations for Cold War victory and doing much to bring about the late twentieth century shift to the right in American politics. In this book, Iwan Morgan presents the first thoroughly-researched biogra...

Barack Obama's election as US president generated hope that the US was entering a new era whereby government would be the solution to the nation's problems. The election slogan of "Yes We Can” seemed to voice a hope that new leadership would put right what had gone wrong. Within a short time, however, "Yes We Can” gave way to "No We Can't”. The contributors to Broken Government? debate whether American government is broken and, if so, what can...

As the fortieth anniversary of the Nixon resignation approaches, it is time to take a fresh look at Watergate's impact on the American political system and to consider its significance for the historical reputation of the president indelibly associated with it.

This volume examines how the political, economic and social changes of the Great Depression impacted on Hollywood and how it responded to them.

George W. Bush is widely regarded as a president of transformative significance. This volume analyzes the ambitious but controversial agenda that he has pursued at home and abroad. The contributors assess Bush's presidency in terms of its historical context, first-term record, and second-term prospects. They consider his administration from the perspective of its engagement in an ideologically driven project to consolidate conservative ascenda...

Analyses the ambitious but controversial agenda that George W. Bush has pursued at home and abroad. The contributors assess Bush's presidency in terms of its historical context, first-term record, and second-term prospects. They consider his administration from the perspective of its engagement in an ideologically driven project to consolidate conservative ascendancy over US politics and public policy and to promote America's interests and val...

Over the past thirty-two years - from the presidency of Jimmy Carter through that of George W Bush - the US government has in fact balanced its budget in only four of them, while the fiscal challenges confronting President Obama make a balanced budget anytime soon a remote possibility. This book provides a historical perspective on this issue.

This book marks the 400th anniversary of the founding of Quebec. It is made up of six essays by a team of contributors drawn from Quebec, the US, France, and the UK. The book explores the concept of Franco-American heritage not as a modern remnant of a lost French North American empire but a thriving entity that grew in both vitality and geographical spread in the centuries after British Conquest.