Defining Americans : the presidency and national identity / Mary E. Stuckey.

Author/creator Stuckey, Mary E.
Format Book
Publication InfoLawrence : University Press of Kansas, ©2004.
Descriptionx, 413 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Group identity--United States. --History.
Political culture--United States. --History.
National characteristics, American.
Presidents--United States. --History.

Contents Introduction : presidential rhetoric and national identity -- Land, citizenship, and national identity in Jackson's America -- Temperance, character, and race in the antebellum United States -- The business of government during the Democratic interregnum of Grover Cleveland, 1885-1889 -- Establishing a transcendent international order under Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1921 -- Balancing the nation : brokering FDR's economic union, 1932-1940 -- Citizenship contained : domesticating God, family, and country during the Eisenhower years -- Managing diversity in a fragmented polity : the post-Cold War world of George H.W. Bush -- Conclusion : choosing our national identity.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [359]-404) and index.
LCCN 2004013592
ISBN0700613498 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks E169.1 .S934 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold