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Baumgartner Jody C. <1958-> |
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The American vice presidency : from the shadow to the spotlight / / Jody C. Baumgartner and Thomas F. Crumblin |
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Lanham, Maryland ; ; London, England : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (232 p.) |
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Vice-Presidents - United States |
Vice-Presidents - United States - Election |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of Boxes, Figures, and Tables; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction: The Vice Presidency; Chapter 2. Origins: The Constitutional Convention and Pre-Twelfth Amendment Vice Presidents; Chapter 3. The Traditional Era: Nineteenth-Century Vice Presidents; Chapter 4. Setting the Stage: Transitional-Era Vice Presidents; Chapter 5. The Rise of the Modern Vice Presidency; Chapter 6. Vice Presidents in the Modern Age; Chapter 7. Al Gore and the Gore-Clinton Partnership; Chapter 8. Dick Cheney: George W. Bush's Loyal Lieutenant; Chapter 9. Joe Biden: Barack Obama's Handyman |
Chapter 10. Making Sense of It All: The Future of the Vice PresidencyIndex; About the Authors |
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<span><span>Concise yet comprehensive, </span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">The American Vice Presidency</span><span> is the fullest and most accurate examination of the office of the vice president to date, covering the origins and constitutional roots of the institution, its history, and the slow transformation of the office starting in the mid-twentieth century. </span></span> |
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