The Evolving Presidency: Landmark Documents, 1787-2010
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ISBN: 1608716848 / Publisher: CQ Press, March 2011
This text provides students with a collection of over 50 documents which will help them to put presidency into context. New documents in this 4th edition include Obama's Health Care Address and his Campaign Speech on Race in America.
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Remind your students that primary sources are an essential part of today's information rich age. With Michael Nelson’s fourth edition of The Evolving Presidency, more than 50 documents help to anchor the ever-changing presidency in historical context. Seeing how presidents shape U.S. history through both word and deed, students encounter a range of documents- from speeches and debates to letters and landmark Supreme Court decisions. Every selection has its own headnote that is carefully crafted to convey the significance of the document during its own time and its lasting effects on the office of the presidency. Documents new to this edition: • Memo from Walter F. Mondale to Jimmy Carter Proposing the Modern Vice Presidency (1976)• Bush v. Gore (2000)• Barack Obama’s Campaign Speech on Race in America (2008) • Barack Obama’s Health Care Address (2009)
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