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Presidential leadership in feeble times : explaining executive power in the gilded age / Mark Zachary Taylor.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2023Copyright date: ©2024Description: 1 online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780197750773Subject(s): Political leadership -- United States -- History -- 19th century | United States -- Economic conditions -- 1865-1918
| Economics | EconomicsAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780197750742DDC classification: 330.97308 LOC classification: HC105Online resources: Oxford Academic Summary: Do presidents matter for America's economic performance? The Gilded Age presidents of the late nineteenth century seem like weak and forgettable leaders, but they hold the key to answering this question precisely because of their supposed impotence. In Presidential Leadership in Feeble Times, Mark Zachary Taylor tells the story of three decades of Gilded Age economic upheaval with a focus on presidential leadership - why did some presidents crash and burn, while others prospered?
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Also issued in print: 2023.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Do presidents matter for America's economic performance? The Gilded Age presidents of the late nineteenth century seem like weak and forgettable leaders, but they hold the key to answering this question precisely because of their supposed impotence. In Presidential Leadership in Feeble Times, Mark Zachary Taylor tells the story of three decades of Gilded Age economic upheaval with a focus on presidential leadership - why did some presidents crash and burn, while others prospered?
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