Founding the American Presidency

by Richard J. Ellis

Book Overview

At a time when the institution of the presidency seems in a state of almost permanant crisis, it is particularly important to understand what sort of an institution the framers of the Constitution thought they were creating. Founding the American Presidency offers a first-hand view of the minds of the founders by bringing together extensive selections from the constitutional convention in Philadelphia as well as representative selections from the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847694992
• ISBN13: 9780847694990
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"