Research Catalog

Title

Affairs of state : the rise and rejection of the presidential couple since World War II / by Gil Troy.

Author

Troy, Gil

Publication

New York : Free Press, c1997.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Subject

• Presidents' spouses
• Presidents
• Presidents > United States > History > 20th century
• Presidents > United States > Family > History > 20th century
• Presidents' spouses > United States > History > 20th century
• United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989
• United States > Politics and government > 1989-
• Presidents > United States > Family > 20th century

Genre/Form

• History
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-464) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Prologue: Searching for Perfect Couples in the Shadow of FDR and ER -- 1. "Just the Wife of the President": On the Trumans, Privacy, and Gentility -- 2. "Ike Is My Career": The Eisenhowers at Home in the Fifties -- 3. The Kennedys: "A Magic Moment in American History" -- 4. "Crawling Down Pennsylvania Avenue on Broken Glass": The Johnson Partnership During the Assault on Standards -- 5. "Stand by Your Man": From the "Pat and Dick" Show to The Final Days -- 6. The Ford Interregnum and the Primal Scene of Presidential Politics -- 7. "Who Elected Her?": The Carter's Co-presidency -- 8. "Doing Everything We Can": The Reagan Liberation -- 9. Perfect Couple, Imperfect President: The Bush Restoration -- Conclusion: "Dates with the American People": From the Clintons' Co-presidency to First Consort -- Appendix. "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden": Advice for the First Couple.

ISBN

0684828200

LCCN

^^^96032795^

OCLC

• 35103527
• SCSB-13315540

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library