Intellectuals and the American presidency:philosophers, jesters, or technicians?
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Published: |
Rowman & Littlefield Distributed by National Book Network,
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Publisher Address: | Lanham, MD |
Publication Dates: | c2002. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
American intellectual culture |
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Carrier Form: | x, 255 p., [8] p. of plates: ill. ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: | 0742508250 (alk. paper) |
Index Number: | D771 |
CLC: |
D771.221 D771.29 |
Call Number: | D771.221/T864 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Intellectuals and the modern presidency -- Arthur Schlesinger : court intellectual -- Lyndon Johnson vs. the "Harvards" -- Man the barricades : Nixon and Moynihan -- Bob Goldwin and the Ford interlude -- Jimmy Carter : dancing to his own tune -- Reagan and the rise of the conservative intellectual -- George Bush : searching for the "vision thing" -- Bill Clinton : at home with the intellectuals -- Bush, Gore, and beyond -- Appendix: Guidebook for presidents. |