 | How Governors Built the Modern American Presidency Subjects: Presidents -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Presidents -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Executive power -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Executive power -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Governors -- United S; Saladin M. Ambar's innovative study is the first book to explicitly credit governors with making the presidency what it is today. This book explodes the idea that the modern presidency began after 1945, instead placing its origins squarely in the Progressive Era. Saladin M. Ambar teaches political science at Lehigh University. |
