Ragtime in the White House: War, Race, and the Presidency in the Time of William McKinley 9781947951266, 9781947951259

Major McKinley: William McKinley and the Civil War 0873386574, 9780873386579

"The Civil War was a crucial experience in shaping the character and political life of William McKinley. In this en

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White House Operations: The Johnson Presidency 9781477304747

The relation of White House assistants to the president, their appropriate role in the governmental process, and the mos

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The Mortal Presidency: Illness and Anguish in the White House 9780823296958

The presidency is hazardous to your health. Fully two-thirds of our presidents have died before reaching their life-expe

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Paint the White House Black: Barack Obama and the Meaning of Race in America 9780804785570

Uses Barack Obama's election and administration to illustrate the ways race combines with seemingly non-racial idea

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Green Talk in the White House : The Rhetorical Presidency Encounters Ecology [1 ed.] 9781603446358, 9781585444151

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Burning the Big House: The Story of the Irish Country House in a Time of War and Revolution 9780300265118

The gripping story of the tumultuous destruction of the Irish country house, spanning the revolutionary years of 1912 to

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Hidden Illness in the White House 9780822382324

The serious illness of three presidents—Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy—as well as the in

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Donald Trump and the Kayfabe Presidency: Professional Wrestling Rhetoric in the White House [1st ed.] 9783030505509, 9783030505516

This book examines Donald Trump's longstanding connections to professional wrestling in relation to how he uses and

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Trump in the White House: Tragedy and Farce 1583676813, 9781583676813

Remember that metaphor about the frog that slowly cooks to death in the pot of increasingly warm water? Leftists have us

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Front of the House, Back of the House: Race and Inequality in the Lives of Restaurant Workers 9781479800674

How workers navigate race, gender, and class in the food service industry Two unequal worlds of work exist within the u

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