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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The American president : from Teddy Roosevelt to Bill Clinton / / William E. Leuchtenburg |
Autore | Leuchtenburg William E (William Edward), <1922-> |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina |
973.09/9
B |
Soggetto topico |
Presidents - United States - History - 20th century
Presidents - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-19-991300-5
0-19-972110-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft -- Woodrow Wilson -- Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt -- Harry Truman -- Dwight D. Eisenhower -- John F. Kennedy -- Lyndon B. Johnson -- Richard Nixon -- Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter -- Ronald Reagan -- George H. W. Bush -- Bill Clinton. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460300703321 |
Leuchtenburg William E (William Edward), <1922-> | ||
New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The American president : from Teddy Roosevelt to Bill Clinton / / William E. Leuchtenburg |
Autore | Leuchtenburg William E (William Edward), <1922-> |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina |
973.09/9
B |
Soggetto topico |
Presidents - United States - History - 20th century
Presidents - United States |
ISBN |
0-19-991300-5
0-19-972110-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft -- Woodrow Wilson -- Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt -- Harry Truman -- Dwight D. Eisenhower -- John F. Kennedy -- Lyndon B. Johnson -- Richard Nixon -- Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter -- Ronald Reagan -- George H. W. Bush -- Bill Clinton. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797614003321 |
Leuchtenburg William E (William Edward), <1922-> | ||
New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The American president : from Teddy Roosevelt to Bill Clinton / / William E. Leuchtenburg |
Autore | Leuchtenburg William E (William Edward), <1922-> |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina |
973.09/9
B |
Soggetto topico |
Presidents - United States - History - 20th century
Presidents - United States |
ISBN |
0-19-991300-5
0-19-972110-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft -- Woodrow Wilson -- Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt -- Harry Truman -- Dwight D. Eisenhower -- John F. Kennedy -- Lyndon B. Johnson -- Richard Nixon -- Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter -- Ronald Reagan -- George H. W. Bush -- Bill Clinton. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822445703321 |
Leuchtenburg William E (William Edward), <1922-> | ||
New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The anti-intellectual presidency [[electronic resource] ] : the decline of presidential rhetoric from George Washington to George W. Bush / / Elvin T. Lim |
Autore | Lim Elvin T. <1976-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (197 p.) |
Disciplina | 973.09/9 |
Soggetto topico |
Presidents - United States - History
Presidents - United States - Language - History Presidents - United States - Intellectual life Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States - History Communication in politics - United States - History Political oratory - United States - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-19-989809-X
0-19-971161-5 9786611529345 1-281-52934-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The problem of presidential rhetoric -- The linguistic simplification of presidential rhetoric -- The anti-intellectual speechwriters -- The substantive impoverishment of presidential rhetoric -- Institutionalizing the anti-intellectual presidency -- Indicting the anti-intellectual presidency -- Reforming the anti-intellectual presidency -- Appendix I : the General Inquirer (GI) -- Appendix II : definitions of General Inquirer categories used -- Appendix III : annual messages, 1790-2006 -- Appendix IV : inaugural addresses, 1789-2005 -- Appendix V : presidential speechwriters interviewed -- Appendix VI : the Flesch readability score. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465124303321 |
Lim Elvin T. <1976-> | ||
Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The anti-intellectual presidency [[electronic resource] ] : the decline of presidential rhetoric from George Washington to George W. Bush / / Elvin T. Lim |
Autore | Lim Elvin T. <1976-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (197 p.) |
Disciplina | 973.09/9 |
Soggetto topico |
Presidents - United States - History
Presidents - United States - Language - History Presidents - United States - Intellectual life Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States - History Communication in politics - United States - History Political oratory - United States - History |
ISBN |
0-19-992709-X
0-19-989809-X 0-19-971161-5 9786611529345 1-281-52934-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The problem of presidential rhetoric -- The linguistic simplification of presidential rhetoric -- The anti-intellectual speechwriters -- The substantive impoverishment of presidential rhetoric -- Institutionalizing the anti-intellectual presidency -- Indicting the anti-intellectual presidency -- Reforming the anti-intellectual presidency -- Appendix I : the General Inquirer (GI) -- Appendix II : definitions of General Inquirer categories used -- Appendix III : annual messages, 1790-2006 -- Appendix IV : inaugural addresses, 1789-2005 -- Appendix V : presidential speechwriters interviewed -- Appendix VI : the Flesch readability score. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792250703321 |
Lim Elvin T. <1976-> | ||
Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The anti-intellectual presidency : the decline of presidential rhetoric from George Washington to George W. Bush / / Elvin T. Lim |
Autore | Lim Elvin T. <1976-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (197 p.) |
Disciplina | 973.09/9 |
Soggetto topico |
Presidents - United States - History
Presidents - United States - Language - History Presidents - United States - Intellectual life Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States - History Communication in politics - United States - History Political oratory - United States - History |
ISBN |
0-19-992709-X
0-19-989809-X 0-19-971161-5 9786611529345 1-281-52934-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The problem of presidential rhetoric -- The linguistic simplification of presidential rhetoric -- The anti-intellectual speechwriters -- The substantive impoverishment of presidential rhetoric -- Institutionalizing the anti-intellectual presidency -- Indicting the anti-intellectual presidency -- Reforming the anti-intellectual presidency -- Appendix I : the General Inquirer (GI) -- Appendix II : definitions of General Inquirer categories used -- Appendix III : annual messages, 1790-2006 -- Appendix IV : inaugural addresses, 1789-2005 -- Appendix V : presidential speechwriters interviewed -- Appendix VI : the Flesch readability score. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813337603321 |
Lim Elvin T. <1976-> | ||
Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Assassinations, threats, and the American presidency : from Andrew Jackson to Barack Obama / / Ronald L. Feinman |
Autore | Feinman Ronald L. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (275 p.) |
Disciplina | 973.09/9 |
Soggetto topico |
Presidents - Assassination - United States - History
Presidents - Assassination attempts - United States - History Presidents - United States |
ISBN | 1-4422-3122-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Andrew Jackson at the U.S. Capitol; 2 Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre; 3 James A. Garfield at the D.C. Railroad Station; 4 William McKinley at the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition; 5 Theodore Roosevelt at the Milwaukee Gilpatrick Hotel; 6 Franklin D. Roosevelt at Miami Bayfront Park; 7 Huey P. Long at the Louisiana State Capitol; 8 Harry S. Truman at Blair House; 9 John F. Kennedy at Dealey Plaza; 10 Robert F. Kennedy at the Los Angeles Ambassador Hotel; 11 George C. Wallace at Laurel, Maryland, Shopping Center
12 Richard M. Nixon and the Baltimore Airport Incident13 Gerald R. Ford at Sacramento and San Francisco; 14 Ronald Reagan at the Washington Hilton Hotel; 15 Late Twentieth-Century Presidents and Assassination Threats; 16 Twenty-first-Century Presidents and Assassination Threats; 17 Fifteen "Might Have Been" Presidents in History; Appendix; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797494603321 |
Feinman Ronald L. | ||
Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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