Screen LibraryAmerica's political dynasties : from Adams to Clinton /
America was founded in rebellion against nobility and inherited status. Yet from the start, dynastic families have been conspicuous in national politics. The Adamses. The Lodges. The Tafts. The Roosevelts. The Kennedys. And today the Bushes and the Clintons. Longtime presidential historian Stephen H...
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Brookings Institution Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Washington, D.C. : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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America was founded in rebellion against nobility and inherited status. Yet from the start, dynastic families have been conspicuous in national politics. The Adamses. The Lodges. The Tafts. The Roosevelts. The Kennedys. And today the Bushes and the Clintons. Longtime presidential historian Stephen Hess offers an encyclopedic tour of the families that have loomed large over America's political history. Starting with John Adams, who served as the young nation's first vice president and earned the nickname "His Rotundity," Hess paints the portraits of the men and women who, by coincidence, conn |
| Item Description: | Revised edition of America's political dynasties, published in 1997. |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 760 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780815727088 (hardback : alkaline paper) : 0815727089 (hardback : alkaline paper) |
| Index Number: | E176 |
| CLC: | K837.127 |
| Call Number: | K837.127/H586 |
| Contents: | The dynastic impulse -- The Adams dynasty -- The Lee dynasty -- The Livingston dynasty -- The Washburn dynasty -- The Muhlenberg dynasty -- The Roosevelt dynasty -- The Harrison dynasty -- The Breckinridge dynasty -- The Bayard dynasty -- The Taft dynasty -- The Frelinghuysen dynasty -- The Tucker dynasty -- The Stockton dynasty -- The Long dynasty -- The Lodge dynasty -- The Kennedy dynasty -- The Bush dynasty -- The Clinton dynasty. |