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- catalog abstract ""Bruce Miroff looks at how nine American leaders - John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, Abraham Lincoln, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Eugene V. Debs. Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Martin Luther King, Jr., and John F. Kennedy have either successfully encouraged or undermined citizens' participatory role in the it democracy and helps us rediscover what leadership has meant in the past and how it can reinvigorate public life today. In a blend of history, biography, political science, and political theory, he offers examples of the finest democratic leadership as well as cautionary tales of prominent leaders whose styles were essentially aristocratic."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11610415.
- catalog coverage "United States Politics and government.".
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""Bruce Miroff looks at how nine American leaders - John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, Abraham Lincoln, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Eugene V. Debs. Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Martin Luther King, Jr., and John F. Kennedy have either successfully encouraged or undermined citizens' participatory role in the it democracy and helps us rediscover what leadership has meant in the past and how it can reinvigorate public life today. In a blend of history, biography, political science, and political theory, he offers examples of the finest democratic leadership as well as cautionary tales of prominent leaders whose styles were essentially aristocratic."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Alexander Hamilton : the aristocratic statesman and the constitution of American capitalism -- John Adams : merit, fame, and political leadership -- Abraham Lincoln : democratic leadership and the tribe of the eagle -- Elizabeth Cady Stanton : dissenting leadership and feminist vision -- Theodore Roosevelt : heroic leadership and masculine spectacle -- Eugene V. Debs : dissenting leadership and democratic dignity -- Franklin D. Roosevelt : democratic leadership and the modern state -- John F. Kennedy : heroic leadership for a television age -- Martin Luther King, Jr. : dissenting leadership and democratic redemption -- Democracy and leadership in America.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-410) and index.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 422 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Icons of democracy.".
- catalog identifier "0700610189 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Icons of democracy.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lawrence : University Press of Kansas,".
- catalog relation "Icons of democracy.".
- catalog spatial "United States Politics and government.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "973/.09/9 21".
- catalog subject "Dissenters United States History.".
- catalog subject "E183 .M69 2000".
- catalog subject "Heroes United States History.".
- catalog subject "Political leadership United States History.".
- catalog subject "Statesmen United States History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Alexander Hamilton : the aristocratic statesman and the constitution of American capitalism -- John Adams : merit, fame, and political leadership -- Abraham Lincoln : democratic leadership and the tribe of the eagle -- Elizabeth Cady Stanton : dissenting leadership and feminist vision -- Theodore Roosevelt : heroic leadership and masculine spectacle -- Eugene V. Debs : dissenting leadership and democratic dignity -- Franklin D. Roosevelt : democratic leadership and the modern state -- John F. Kennedy : heroic leadership for a television age -- Martin Luther King, Jr. : dissenting leadership and democratic redemption -- Democracy and leadership in America.".
- catalog title "Icons of democracy : American leaders as heroes, aristocrats, dissenters, and democrats / Bruce Miroff.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".