The American vice presidency : from irrelevance to power / Jules Witcover.
The American vice presidency : from irrelevance to power / Jules Witcover.
The American vice presidency : from irrelevance to power / Jules Witcover.
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Publisher
Washington, DC : Smithsonian Books, [2014]
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G 2015/1415
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English
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Physical content
xv, 575 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
John Adams of Massachusetts -- Thomas Jefferson of Virginia -- Aaron Burr of New York -- George Clinton of New York -- Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts -- Daniel D. Tompkins of New York -- John C. Calhoun of South Carolina -- Martin Van Buren of New York -- Richard Mentor Johnson of Kentucky -- John...
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Publisher
Washington, DC : Smithsonian Books, [2014]
Place of Publication
District of Columbia
Date Published
[2014]
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Summary
An all-inclusive examination of the vice presidency over the course of American history. Witcover chronicles each of the forty-seven vice presidents during their tenures, and explores how the roles and responsibilities were first subject to the whims of the presidents under whom they served, but came to be expanded to a de facto assistant presidenc...
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The American vice presidency : from irrelevance to power / Jules Witcover.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 549-563) and index.
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©2014.
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G 2015/1415
Record Identifier
74VKOjj3ANjA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKOjj3ANjA
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ISBN
1588344711 (hardcover)
9781588344717 (hardcover)
DDC
352.23/90922
MMS ID
991022617119702626
