Author(s): Herbert Agar
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Year: 1950
Language: English
Pages: xviii + 750
City: Boston
Preface, vii
Introduction, xiii
PART ONE: 1763-1850
I. The Nature of the Revolution: 1763-1788, 3
II. War and Peace: Prelude to a Federation, 25
III. The Constitution, Written and Unwritten, 39
IV. The First President, 58
V. The Birth of Parties, 82
VI. The Failure of the Federalists, 92
VII. Mr. Jefferson and His Methods, 111
VIII. The Tyranny of Circumstance, 130
IX. The Frustration of a Foreign Policy, 156
X. The One-Party Period, 186
XL The President without a Party, 211
XII. Jackson and the New Type of Presidency, 232
XIII. The Jackson Men in Action, 251
XIV. The Rise of the Whigs, 277
XV. New Alignments and New Passions: 1844, 295
XVI. Calhoun and the Meaning of 1850, 312
PART TWO: 1850-1909
XVII. The Parties on the Verge of Failure, 337
XVIII. The Fruits of Executive Weakness, I (1853-1857), 356
XIX. The Fruits of Executive Weakness, II (1857-1861), 381
XX. “Preserve, Protect, and Defend”, 403
XXI. Lincoln and the “War Powers”, 419
XXII. Congress vs. the President, 439
XXIII. Grant Obeys the Senators, 464
XXIV. “Grantism” and Congressional Policy-Making, 485
XXV. The Powers of the Presidency Revive, 509
XXVI. Civil Service vs. the Stalwarts, 527
XXVII. Cleveland, Reform, and Laissez-Faire, 541
XXVIII. The Old Order Changes, 555
XXIX. Both Parties Sowing the Wind, 577
XXX. Agrarian vs. Capitalist, 592
XXXI. Hanna, McKinley, and the Transition, 614
XXXII. “I Did Greatly Broaden the . . . Executive Power,” 628
CONCLUSION
XXXIII. Some Modern Instances, I, 655
XXXIV. Some Modern Instances, II, 675
XXXV. The Parties and the Union, 688
The Constitution, 695
Notes, 707
Bibliography, 717
Acknowledgments, 727
Index, 729
