My Fellow Americans (eBook, ePUB)

Presidents and Their Inaugural Addresses
Redaktion: Singh, Yuvraj

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

My Fellow Americans compiles the inaugural addresses of all US presidents and offers incisive and accessible interpretations of each by the nation's leading presidential historians.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 560
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780197645000
• Artikelnr.: 72260642

Autorenporträt

Yuvraj Singh lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. My Fellow Americans is his first published work. Ted Widmer is Distinguished Lecturer at Macaulay Honors College, City University of New York. He is the author and editor of numerous books on the presidency, including Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington ; Campaigns: A Century of Presidential Races; and American Speeches: Political Oratory from Abraham Lincoln to Bill Clinton. He served as a speechwriter and senior adviser in the Clinton White House.

Inhaltsangabe

* Preface- Yuvraj Singh
* List of Contributors
* Introduction- Ted Widmer
* 1. George Washington: First Inaugural Address
* 2. Inaugurator: George Washington's First Inaugural Address by
Stephen H. Browne
* 3. George Washington: Second Inaugural Address
* 4. The American Cincinnatus: The Second Inaugural Address of George
Washington by Kevin Butterield
* 5. John Adams: Inaugural Address
* 6. The Colossus of Independence: The Inaugural Address of John Adams
by Rhonda Barlow
* 7. Thomas Jefferson: First Inaugural Address
* 8. The Sage of Monticello: The First Inaugural Address of Thomas
Jefferson by Peter S. Onuf
* 9. Thomas Jefferson: Second Inaugural Address
* 10. The Man of the People: The Second Inaugural Address of Thomas
Jefferson by Annette Gordon-Reed
* 11. James Madison: First Inaugural Address
* 12. The Father of the Constitution: The First Inaugural Address of
James Madison by Stuart Eric Leibiger
* 13. James Madison: Second Inaugural Address
* 14. The First Wartime President: The Second Inaugural Address of
James Madison by J. C. A. Stagg
* 15. James Monroe: First Inaugural Address
* 16. The Era of Good Feelings: The First Inaugural Address of James
Monroe by Daniel F. Preston
* 17. James Monroe: Second Inaugural Address
* 18. The Last Cocked Hat: The Second Inaugural Address of James Monroe
by Sandra Moats
* 19. John Quincy Adams: Inaugural Address
* 20. The Corrupt Bargain: The Inaugural Address of John Quincy Adams
by C. James Taylor
* 21. Andrew Jackson: First Inaugural Address
* 22. Calm Before the Storm: The First Inaugural Address of Andrew
Jackson by Harry L. Watson
* 23. Andrew Jackson: Second Inaugural Address
* 24. Old Hickory: The Second Inaugural Address of Andrew Jackson by
Thomas Coens
* 25. Martin Van Buren: Inaugural Address
* 26. The Little Magician: The Inaugural Address of Martin Van Buren by
Michael J. Gerhardt
* 27. William Henry Harrison: Inaugural Address
* 28. Old Tippecanoe: The Inaugural Address of William Henry Harrison
by Daniel Walker Howe
* 29. John Tyler: Address Upon Assuming the Office of President of the
United States
* 30. The President Without a Party: John Tyler's Address Upon Assuming
the Office of President of the United States by Christopher J. Leahy
* 31. James K. Polk: Inaugural Address
* 32. Dark Horse: The Inaugural Address of James K. Polk by Walter R.
Borneman
* 33. Zachary Taylor: Inaugural Address
* 34. Old Rough and Ready: The Inaugural Address of Zachary Taylor by
Michael F. Holt
* 35. Millard Fillmore: Announcement to Congress of the Death of
President Taylor
* 36. 'The Last Whig: Millard Fillmore's Announcement to Congress of
the Death of President Taylor by Claude Welch
* 37. Franklin Pierce: Inaugural Address
* 38. Handsome Frank: The Inaugural Address of Franklin Pierce by Peter
A. Wallner
* 39. James Buchanan: Inaugural Address
* 40. Doughface: The Inaugural Address of James Buchanan by Jean H.
Baker
* 41. Abraham Lincoln: First Inaugural Address
* 42. Trying to Stave off War: The First Inaugural Address of Abraham
Lincoln by David S. Reynolds
* 43. Abraham Lincoln: Second Inaugural Address
* 44. The Great Uniter: The Second Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln
by Richard John Carwardine
* 45. Andrew Johnson: Address Upon Assuming the Office of President of
the United States
* 46. On Opposite Ends: Andrew Johnson's Address Upon Assuming the
Office of President of the United States by Michael Les Benedict
* 47. Ulysses S. Grant: First Inaugural Address
* 48. The Hero as President: The First Inaugural Address of Ulysses S.
Grant by Joan Waugh
* 49. Ulysses S. Grant: Second Inaugural Address
* 50. "Errors of judgement, not of intent": The Second Inaugural
Address of Ulysses S. Grant by John Marszalek
* 51. Rutherford B. Hayes: Inaugural Address
* 52. The End of Reconstruction: The Inaugural Address of Rutherford B.
Hayes by Dustin McLochlin
* 53. James A. Garfield: Inaugural Address
* 54. The Preacher President: The Inaugural Address of James A.
Garfield by Charles W. Calhoun
* 55. Chester A. Arthur: Address Upon Assuming the Office of President
of the United States
* 56. "Chet Arthur? President of the United States? Good God!": Chester
A. Arthur's Address Upon Assuming the Office of President of the
United States by Walter Nugent
* 57. Grover Cleveland: First Inaugural Address
* 58. "A fine man, a grand man": The First Inaugural Address of Grover
Cleveland by Mark W. Summers
* 59. Benjamin Harrison: Inaugural Address
* 60. Little Ben: The Inaugural Address of Benjamin Harrison by Allan
B. Spetter
* 61. Grover Cleveland: Second Inaugural Address
* 62. Grover the Good: The Second Inaugural Address of Grover Cleveland
by Matthew Algeo
* 63. William McKinley: First Inaugural Address
* 64. The Front Porch Campaign: The First Inaugural Address of William
McKinley by Christopher Capozzola
* 65. William McKinley: Second Inaugural Address
* 66. The Imperial Presidency: The Second Inaugural Address of William
McKinley by Christopher McKnight Nichols
* 67. Theodore Roosevelt: Inaugural Address
* 68. The Bully Pulpit: The Inaugural Address of Theodore Roosevelt by
Jean Yarbrough
* 69. William Howard Taft: Inaugural Address
* 70. Between Giants: The Inaugural Address of William Howard Taft by
Jonathan Lurie
* 71. Woodrow Wilson: First Inaugural Address
* 72. The Schoolmaster: The First Inaugural Address of Woodrow Wilson
by Robert A. Enholm
* 73. Woodrow Wilson: Second Inaugural Address
* 74. The Eve of War: The Second Inaugural Address of Woodrow Wilson by
John Milton Cooper
* 75. Warren G. Harding: Inaugural Address
* 76. Return to Normalcy: The Inaugural Address of Warren G. Harding by
James D. Robenalt
* 77. Calvin Coolidge: Inaugural Address
* 78. Cool Cal: The Inaugural Address of Calvin Coolidge by Amity
Shlaes
* 79. Herbert Hoover: Inaugural Address
* 80. The Great Humanitarian: The Inaugural Address of Herbert Hoover
by Kendrick A. Clements
* 81. Franklin D. Roosevelt: First Inaugural Address
* 82. Fear Itself: The First Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt
by Cynthia M. Koch
* 83. Franklin D. Roosevelt: Second Inaugural Address
* 84. "One-third of a Nation...": The Second Inaugural Address of
Franklin D. Roosevelt by David M. Kennedy
* 85. Franklin D. Roosevelt: Third Inaugural Address
* 86. Pathbreaker: The Third Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt
by Michael Kazin
* 87. Franklin D. Roosevelt: Fourth Inaugural Address
* 88. Unprecedented: The Fourth Inaugural Address of Franklin D.
Roosevelt by David B. Woolner
* 89. Harry S. Truman: Inaugural Address
* 90. Cold Warrior: The Inaugural Address of Harry S. Truman by Andrew
E. Busch
* 91. Dwight D. Eisenhower: First Inaugural Address
* 92. Ike: The First Inaugural Address of Dwight D. Eisenhower by
Michael J. Birkner
* 93. Dwight D. Eisenhower: Second Inaugural Address
* 94. The Price of Peace: The Second Inaugural Address of Dwight D.
Eisenhower by Louis Paul Galambos
* 95. John F. Kennedy: Inaugural Address
* 96. Camelot: The Inaugural Address of John F. Kennedy by Barbara Ann
Perry
* 97. Lyndon B. Johnson: Inaugural Address
* 98. The Art of Power: The Inaugural Address of Lyndon B. Johnson by
Mark K. Updegrove
* 99. Richard M. Nixon: First Inaugural Address
* 100. Peacemaker: The First Inaugural Address of Richard M. Nixon by
Ken Hughes
* 101. Richard M. Nixon: Second Inaugural Address
* 102. A Moment of Triumph Before Disaster: The Second Inaugural
Address of Richard M. Nixon by Thomas Alan Schwartz
* 103. Gerald Ford: Remarks Upon Taking the Oath of Office as President
* 104. "Just a Little Straight Talk": Gerald Ford's Remarks Upon Taking
the Oath of Office as President by John Robert Greene
* 105. Jimmy Carter: Inaugural Address
* 106. The Peanut Farmer: The Inaugural Address of Jimmy Carter by Mark
Atwood Lawrence
* 107. Ronald Reagan: First Inaugural Address
* 108. The Great Communicator: The First Inaugural Address of Ronald
Reagan by Gil Troy
* 109. Ronald Reagan: Second Inaugural Address
* 110. The Teflon President: The Second Inaugural Address of Ronald
Reagan by Iwan W. Morgan
* 111. George H. W. Bush: Inaugural Address
* 112. "A Thousand Points of Light": The Inaugural Address of George H.
W. Bush by Mary Kate Cary
* 113. Bill Clinton: First Inaugural Address
* 114. The Comeback Kid: The First Inaugural Address of Bill Clinton by
Steven M. Gillon
* 115. Bill Clinton: Second Inaugural Address
* 116. The Politician: The Second Inaugural Address of Bill Clinton by
Russell L. Riley
* 117. George W. Bush: First Inaugural Address
* 118. Common Ground: The First Inaugural Address of George W. Bush by
James Mann
* 119. George W. Bush: Second Inaugural Address
* 120. A Vision of America: The Second Inaugural Address of George W.
Bush by Mark J. Rozell
* 121. Barack Obama: First Inaugural Address
* 122. A New Birth of Freedom: The First Inaugural Address of Barack
Obama by Tracy Denean Sharpley-Whiting
* 123. Barack Obama: Second Inaugural Address
* 124. Faith in America's Future: The Second Inaugural Address of
Barack Obama by James T. Kloppenberg
* 125. Donald Trump: Inaugural Address
* 126. Uniquely American: The Inaugural Address of Donald Trump by
Nicholas F. Jacobs
* 127. Inaugural Address of Joseph Biden
* 128. "Democracy is precious, Democracy is Fragile": The Inaugural
Address of Joe Biden by Kate Masur