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The American Vice Presidency : From the Shadow to the Spotlight.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (232 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442228900
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The American Vice PresidencyDDC classification:
  • 352.23/90973
LOC classification:
  • JK609.5
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Boxes, Figures, and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction: The Vice Presidency -- Chapter 2. Origins: The Constitutional Convention and 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 -- Index -- About the Authors.
Summary: 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.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Boxes, Figures, and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction: The Vice Presidency -- Chapter 2. Origins: The Constitutional Convention and 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 -- Index -- About the Authors.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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