Popular Images of American PresidentsWilliam C. Spragens The contributors to this volume examine the popular images of twenty-two American presidents. They attempt to determine the public standing of these presidencies and consider each president in terms of his image over time. It is argued that fluctuations in succeeding generations' interpretations of past presidents are significant to understanding the kaleidoscopic nature of presidential images. A variety of analytical approaches is employed, including examination of historical narrative, content analysis of editorials and news coverage, and explication of public opinion survey data. For public reactions and the reactions of other leadership figures, the contributors have drawn from the contemporary press as well as from the writings of historians and political scientists. This collection of essays will open avenues of thought on American political history anb shed new light on the character of past presidents. It will be indispensable to those engaged in the study of political history and political science. |
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... Reagan's problems arose from increasingly critical press scrutiny of some of his earlier policy proposals and from becoming caught in contradictory and / or factually erroneous ... Reagan and Carter , Fall 1980 Reagan Ronald Reagan 565.
... Reagan's problems arose from increasingly critical press scrutiny of some of his earlier policy proposals and from becoming caught in contradictory and / or factually erroneous ... Reagan and Carter , Fall 1980 Reagan Ronald Reagan 565.
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... Reagan ( Secaucus , N.J .: Citadel Press , 1980 ) . The first serious postelection biography with any detachment is Bill Boyarsky , Ronald Reagan : His Life and Rise to the Presidency ( New York ... Reagan Record : An Ronald Reagan 583.
... Reagan ( Secaucus , N.J .: Citadel Press , 1980 ) . The first serious postelection biography with any detachment is Bill Boyarsky , Ronald Reagan : His Life and Rise to the Presidency ( New York ... Reagan Record : An Ronald Reagan 583.
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... Reagan's Attack on America's Health ( New York : Pantheon , 1984 ) , and Strobe Talbott , Deadly Gambits : The Reagan Administration and the Stalemate in Nuclear Arms Control ( New York : Knopf , 1984 ) . A different kind of book on ...
... Reagan's Attack on America's Health ( New York : Pantheon , 1984 ) , and Strobe Talbott , Deadly Gambits : The Reagan Administration and the Stalemate in Nuclear Arms Control ( New York : Knopf , 1984 ) . A different kind of book on ...
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Andrew Jackson | 38 |
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