Jody C Baumgartner

The American Vice Presidency

From the Shadow to the Spotlight

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Concise yet comprehensive, The American Vice Presidency 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 153mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781442228894
• ISBN-10: 144222889X
• Artikelnr.: 42028449

Autorenporträt

By Jody C Baumgartner - With Thomas F. Crumblin

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Introduction: The Vice Presidency Chapter 2. Origins: The
Constitutional Convention & 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
Presidency