Affairs of state [[electronic resource] ] : the untold history of presidential love, sex, and scandal, 1789-1900 / / Robert P. Watson |
Autore | Watson Robert P. <1962-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (501 p.) |
Disciplina |
973.09/9
B |
Soggetto topico |
Presidents - Sexual behavior - United States - History
Presidents - United States Presidents' spouses - United States Adultery - United States - History Scandals - United States - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-69588-X
1-4422-1836-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Preface; They Don't Teach This Stuff in School; 1 Say It Isn't So!; 2 Presidential Peccadilloes; Ten Stories of Presidential Love, Sex, and Scandal; 3 "I Profess Myself a Votary to Love"; 4 "Domestic Felicity"; 5 Slave Owner and Slave Lover; 6 "A Petticoat Affair"; 7 A Near Miss; 8 "The Siamese Twins"; 9 "I Can Never Be Satisfied"; 10 An Unlikely Union; 11 Full House; 12 "A Terrible Tale"; What Happens in the Lincoln Bedroom . . .; 13 Fatal Attraction; 14 Making Sense of Presidential Nonsense; Sources; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461962303321 |
Watson Robert P. <1962-> | ||
Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Affairs of state [[electronic resource] ] : the untold history of presidential love, sex, and scandal, 1789-1900 / / Robert P. Watson |
Autore | Watson Robert P. <1962-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (501 p.) |
Disciplina |
973.09/9
B |
Soggetto topico |
Presidents - Sexual behavior - United States - History
Presidents - United States Presidents' spouses - United States Adultery - United States - History Scandals - United States - History |
ISBN |
1-283-69588-X
1-4422-1836-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Preface; They Don't Teach This Stuff in School; 1 Say It Isn't So!; 2 Presidential Peccadilloes; Ten Stories of Presidential Love, Sex, and Scandal; 3 "I Profess Myself a Votary to Love"; 4 "Domestic Felicity"; 5 Slave Owner and Slave Lover; 6 "A Petticoat Affair"; 7 A Near Miss; 8 "The Siamese Twins"; 9 "I Can Never Be Satisfied"; 10 An Unlikely Union; 11 Full House; 12 "A Terrible Tale"; What Happens in the Lincoln Bedroom . . .; 13 Fatal Attraction; 14 Making Sense of Presidential Nonsense; Sources; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786329103321 |
Watson Robert P. <1962-> | ||
Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Affairs of state : the untold history of presidential love, sex, and scandal, 1789-1900 / / Robert P. Watson |
Autore | Watson Robert P. <1962-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (501 p.) |
Disciplina |
973.09/9
B |
Soggetto topico |
Presidents - Sexual behavior - United States - History
Presidents - United States Presidents' spouses - United States Adultery - United States - History Scandals - United States - History |
ISBN |
1-283-69588-X
1-4422-1836-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Preface; They Don't Teach This Stuff in School; 1 Say It Isn't So!; 2 Presidential Peccadilloes; Ten Stories of Presidential Love, Sex, and Scandal; 3 "I Profess Myself a Votary to Love"; 4 "Domestic Felicity"; 5 Slave Owner and Slave Lover; 6 "A Petticoat Affair"; 7 A Near Miss; 8 "The Siamese Twins"; 9 "I Can Never Be Satisfied"; 10 An Unlikely Union; 11 Full House; 12 "A Terrible Tale"; What Happens in the Lincoln Bedroom . . .; 13 Fatal Attraction; 14 Making Sense of Presidential Nonsense; Sources; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816787303321 |
Watson Robert P. <1962-> | ||
Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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America's first crisis : the War of 1812 / / Robert P. Watson |
Autore | Watson Robert P. <1962-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (425 p.) |
Disciplina | 973.5/2 |
Collana | Excelsior editions |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4384-5135-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""The Forgotten War""; ""1 “The Silliest Damned War�""; ""A Curious Affair""; ""Escalating Tensions""; ""2 Stumbling Toward War""; ""War Preparations?""; ""Britain�s Canada""; ""A Continental Crisis""; ""3 The Chesapeake Affair""; ""First Shots""; ""Total War""; ""Impressment""; ""4 “Leopardized�""; ""General Quarters""; ""Pouring Salt in An Open Wound""; ""Embargo""; ""A Mini Cold War""; ""Sweet Revenge""; ""Drumbeats""; ""5 Land, Empire, and Intrigue""; ""Growing Pains""; ""The Notorious James Wilkinson""; ""A Western Empire � One Way or Another""
""Conspirators""""6 The Indian Question""; ""The Beginning of the End""; ""Harrison""; ""Tecumseh""; ""The Great Spirit and the Grand Confederation""; ""Vincennes""; ""7 Tippecanoe and the Course of History""; ""Indian Attacks""; ""The Prophet""; ""The Battle of Tippecanoe Creek""; ""Turning Point""; ""8 A Declaration of War""; ""Rise of the War Hawks""; ""Clay""; ""“Mr. Madison�s War�""; ""War, At Last""; ""“On to Canada�""; ""9 The Invasion Begins""; ""Barely an Army""; ""“Canada! Canada! Canada!�""; ""“Killing the Tree�""; ""Disaster""; ""“His Majesty�s Domain�"" ""The Courageous Brock""""The Fort Michilimackinac Debacle""; ""Ambush!""; ""The Fort Dearborn Massacre""; ""The Surrender of Fort Detroit""; ""10 The Battle of Queenston Heights""; ""A Second Prong of the Invasion""; ""Raids""; ""Costly Delays""; ""The Crossing""; ""A Second Crossing""; ""The Death of General Brock""; ""Snatching Defeat From the Jaws of Victory""; ""Surrender""; ""11 Three-Pronged Disaster""; ""Two Strikes""; ""The “Battle� of Frenchman�s Creek""; ""“Granny� Dearborn""; ""Meanwhile, on the Western Frontier �""; ""The Battle of Mississinewa"" ""12 “Remember the Raisin�""""The Battle of Frenchtown""; ""“Hold the Ground!�""; ""Rout""; ""The River Raisin Massacre""; ""The Raid at Ogdensburg""; ""1813""; ""13 The Sacking of York""; ""Desperation""; ""Explosion""; ""Put to the Torch""; ""A Blemished Victory""; ""14 Victories at Last""; ""Fortifications""; ""The Siege of Fort Meigs""; ""Dudley�s Massacre""; ""Another Successful Defense""; ""Taking Fort George""; ""Surprise at Dawn""; ""The Defense of Fort Stephenson""; ""15 The Battles of Stoney Creek and Beaver Dams""; ""The Battle of Stoney Creek""; ""“Will-Hen-Harr�"" ""General-Less""""The Battle of Beaver Dams""; ""Canada�s Heroine of the War""; ""16 The Battle of Thames""; ""The Fort Mims Massacre""; ""Red Sticks""; ""Abandoning the Northwest Territory""; ""Tecumseh and Harrison Again""; ""A Final Stand""; ""The High Seas""; ""17 The Making of a Navy""; ""Naval Operations in the War""; ""Masters of the Seas""; ""The President Defeats the Belvidera""; ""The Wasp Defeats the Frolic""; ""The Enterprise Defeats the Boxer""; ""On the Seven Seas""; ""18 A New Generation of Heroes""; ""Isaac Hull and the Hunt for the Guerriere""; ""“Old Ironsides�"" ""Stephen Decatur and the Barbary Pirates"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464900203321 |
Watson Robert P. <1962-> | ||
Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , [2014] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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America's first crisis : the War of 1812 / / Robert P. Watson |
Autore | Watson Robert P. <1962-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (425 p.) |
Disciplina | 973.5/2 |
Collana | Excelsior editions |
ISBN | 1-4384-5135-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""The Forgotten War""; ""1 “The Silliest Damned War�""; ""A Curious Affair""; ""Escalating Tensions""; ""2 Stumbling Toward War""; ""War Preparations?""; ""Britain�s Canada""; ""A Continental Crisis""; ""3 The Chesapeake Affair""; ""First Shots""; ""Total War""; ""Impressment""; ""4 “Leopardized�""; ""General Quarters""; ""Pouring Salt in An Open Wound""; ""Embargo""; ""A Mini Cold War""; ""Sweet Revenge""; ""Drumbeats""; ""5 Land, Empire, and Intrigue""; ""Growing Pains""; ""The Notorious James Wilkinson""; ""A Western Empire � One Way or Another""
""Conspirators""""6 The Indian Question""; ""The Beginning of the End""; ""Harrison""; ""Tecumseh""; ""The Great Spirit and the Grand Confederation""; ""Vincennes""; ""7 Tippecanoe and the Course of History""; ""Indian Attacks""; ""The Prophet""; ""The Battle of Tippecanoe Creek""; ""Turning Point""; ""8 A Declaration of War""; ""Rise of the War Hawks""; ""Clay""; ""“Mr. Madison�s War�""; ""War, At Last""; ""“On to Canada�""; ""9 The Invasion Begins""; ""Barely an Army""; ""“Canada! Canada! Canada!�""; ""“Killing the Tree�""; ""Disaster""; ""“His Majesty�s Domain�"" ""The Courageous Brock""""The Fort Michilimackinac Debacle""; ""Ambush!""; ""The Fort Dearborn Massacre""; ""The Surrender of Fort Detroit""; ""10 The Battle of Queenston Heights""; ""A Second Prong of the Invasion""; ""Raids""; ""Costly Delays""; ""The Crossing""; ""A Second Crossing""; ""The Death of General Brock""; ""Snatching Defeat From the Jaws of Victory""; ""Surrender""; ""11 Three-Pronged Disaster""; ""Two Strikes""; ""The “Battle� of Frenchman�s Creek""; ""“Granny� Dearborn""; ""Meanwhile, on the Western Frontier �""; ""The Battle of Mississinewa"" ""12 “Remember the Raisin�""""The Battle of Frenchtown""; ""“Hold the Ground!�""; ""Rout""; ""The River Raisin Massacre""; ""The Raid at Ogdensburg""; ""1813""; ""13 The Sacking of York""; ""Desperation""; ""Explosion""; ""Put to the Torch""; ""A Blemished Victory""; ""14 Victories at Last""; ""Fortifications""; ""The Siege of Fort Meigs""; ""Dudley�s Massacre""; ""Another Successful Defense""; ""Taking Fort George""; ""Surprise at Dawn""; ""The Defense of Fort Stephenson""; ""15 The Battles of Stoney Creek and Beaver Dams""; ""The Battle of Stoney Creek""; ""“Will-Hen-Harr�"" ""General-Less""""The Battle of Beaver Dams""; ""Canada�s Heroine of the War""; ""16 The Battle of Thames""; ""The Fort Mims Massacre""; ""Red Sticks""; ""Abandoning the Northwest Territory""; ""Tecumseh and Harrison Again""; ""A Final Stand""; ""The High Seas""; ""17 The Making of a Navy""; ""Naval Operations in the War""; ""Masters of the Seas""; ""The President Defeats the Belvidera""; ""The Wasp Defeats the Frolic""; ""The Enterprise Defeats the Boxer""; ""On the Seven Seas""; ""18 A New Generation of Heroes""; ""Isaac Hull and the Hunt for the Guerriere""; ""“Old Ironsides�"" ""Stephen Decatur and the Barbary Pirates"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789172203321 |
Watson Robert P. <1962-> | ||
Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , [2014] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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America's first crisis : the War of 1812 / / Robert P. Watson |
Autore | Watson Robert P. <1962-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (425 p.) |
Disciplina | 973.5/2 |
Collana | Excelsior editions |
ISBN | 1-4384-5135-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""The Forgotten War""; ""1 “The Silliest Damned War�""; ""A Curious Affair""; ""Escalating Tensions""; ""2 Stumbling Toward War""; ""War Preparations?""; ""Britain�s Canada""; ""A Continental Crisis""; ""3 The Chesapeake Affair""; ""First Shots""; ""Total War""; ""Impressment""; ""4 “Leopardized�""; ""General Quarters""; ""Pouring Salt in An Open Wound""; ""Embargo""; ""A Mini Cold War""; ""Sweet Revenge""; ""Drumbeats""; ""5 Land, Empire, and Intrigue""; ""Growing Pains""; ""The Notorious James Wilkinson""; ""A Western Empire � One Way or Another""
""Conspirators""""6 The Indian Question""; ""The Beginning of the End""; ""Harrison""; ""Tecumseh""; ""The Great Spirit and the Grand Confederation""; ""Vincennes""; ""7 Tippecanoe and the Course of History""; ""Indian Attacks""; ""The Prophet""; ""The Battle of Tippecanoe Creek""; ""Turning Point""; ""8 A Declaration of War""; ""Rise of the War Hawks""; ""Clay""; ""“Mr. Madison�s War�""; ""War, At Last""; ""“On to Canada�""; ""9 The Invasion Begins""; ""Barely an Army""; ""“Canada! Canada! Canada!�""; ""“Killing the Tree�""; ""Disaster""; ""“His Majesty�s Domain�"" ""The Courageous Brock""""The Fort Michilimackinac Debacle""; ""Ambush!""; ""The Fort Dearborn Massacre""; ""The Surrender of Fort Detroit""; ""10 The Battle of Queenston Heights""; ""A Second Prong of the Invasion""; ""Raids""; ""Costly Delays""; ""The Crossing""; ""A Second Crossing""; ""The Death of General Brock""; ""Snatching Defeat From the Jaws of Victory""; ""Surrender""; ""11 Three-Pronged Disaster""; ""Two Strikes""; ""The “Battle� of Frenchman�s Creek""; ""“Granny� Dearborn""; ""Meanwhile, on the Western Frontier �""; ""The Battle of Mississinewa"" ""12 “Remember the Raisin�""""The Battle of Frenchtown""; ""“Hold the Ground!�""; ""Rout""; ""The River Raisin Massacre""; ""The Raid at Ogdensburg""; ""1813""; ""13 The Sacking of York""; ""Desperation""; ""Explosion""; ""Put to the Torch""; ""A Blemished Victory""; ""14 Victories at Last""; ""Fortifications""; ""The Siege of Fort Meigs""; ""Dudley�s Massacre""; ""Another Successful Defense""; ""Taking Fort George""; ""Surprise at Dawn""; ""The Defense of Fort Stephenson""; ""15 The Battles of Stoney Creek and Beaver Dams""; ""The Battle of Stoney Creek""; ""“Will-Hen-Harr�"" ""General-Less""""The Battle of Beaver Dams""; ""Canada�s Heroine of the War""; ""16 The Battle of Thames""; ""The Fort Mims Massacre""; ""Red Sticks""; ""Abandoning the Northwest Territory""; ""Tecumseh and Harrison Again""; ""A Final Stand""; ""The High Seas""; ""17 The Making of a Navy""; ""Naval Operations in the War""; ""Masters of the Seas""; ""The President Defeats the Belvidera""; ""The Wasp Defeats the Frolic""; ""The Enterprise Defeats the Boxer""; ""On the Seven Seas""; ""18 A New Generation of Heroes""; ""Isaac Hull and the Hunt for the Guerriere""; ""“Old Ironsides�"" ""Stephen Decatur and the Barbary Pirates"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813131703321 |
Watson Robert P. <1962-> | ||
Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , [2014] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The presidents' wives : the office of the first lady in US politics / / Robert P. Watson |
Autore | Watson Robert P. <1962-> |
Edizione | [Second edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boulder, Colorado ; ; London : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 260 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 973.099 |
Soggetto topico | Presidents' spouses - United States - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-62637-876-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910480137103321 |
Watson Robert P. <1962-> | ||
Boulder, Colorado ; ; London : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2014] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The presidents' wives : the office of the first lady in US politics / / Robert P. Watson |
Autore | Watson Robert P. <1962-> |
Edizione | [Second edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boulder, Colorado ; ; London : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 260 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 973.099 |
Soggetto topico | Presidents' spouses - United States - History |
ISBN | 1-62637-876-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Foreword / Clifton Truman Daniel -- Behind every successful man -- Studying the first ladies -- A history of influence -- A woman without portfolio -- Approaches to the office -- Roles and a presidential partnership -- The question of character -- Public women and public opinion -- Rating the presidents' wives -- The future of the office -- Profiles of the first ladies. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910793758903321 |
Watson Robert P. <1962-> | ||
Boulder, Colorado ; ; London : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2014] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The presidents' wives : the office of the first lady in US politics / / Robert P. Watson |
Autore | Watson Robert P. <1962-> |
Edizione | [Second edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boulder, Colorado ; ; London : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 260 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 973.099 |
Soggetto topico | Presidents' spouses - United States - History |
ISBN | 1-62637-876-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Foreword / Clifton Truman Daniel -- Behind every successful man -- Studying the first ladies -- A history of influence -- A woman without portfolio -- Approaches to the office -- Roles and a presidential partnership -- The question of character -- Public women and public opinion -- Rating the presidents' wives -- The future of the office -- Profiles of the first ladies. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826144703321 |
Watson Robert P. <1962-> | ||
Boulder, Colorado ; ; London : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2014] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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