How Long to Read How Governors Built the Modern American Presidency

How Long Does it Take to Read How Governors Built the Modern American Presidency?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 21 minutes to read How Governors Built the Modern American Presidency by Saladin M. Ambar

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

A governor's mansion is often the last stop for politicians who plan to move into the White House. Before Barack Obama was elected president of the United States, four of his last five predecessors had been governors. Executive experience at the state level informs individual presidencies, and, as Saladin M. Ambar argues, the actions of governors-turned-presidents changed the nature of the presidency itself long ago. How Governors Built the Modern American Presidency is the first book to explicitly credit governors with making the presidency what it is today. By examining the governorships of such presidential stalwarts as Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, political scientist Ambar shows how gubernatorial experience made the difference in establishing modern presidential practice. The book also delves into the careers of Wisconsin's Bob La Follette and California's Hiram Johnson, demonstrating how these governors reshaped the presidency through their activism. As Ambar reminds readers, governors as far back as Samuel J. Tilden of New York, who ran against Rutherford Hayes in the controversial presidential election of 1876, paved the way for a more assertive national leadership. Ambar explodes the idea that the modern presidency began after 1945, instead placing its origins squarely in the Progressive Era. This innovative study uncovers neglected aspects of the evolution of the nation's executive branch, placing American governors at the heart of what the presidency has become—for better or for worse.

How long is How Governors Built the Modern American Presidency?

How Governors Built the Modern American Presidency by Saladin M. Ambar is 201 pages long, and a total of 50,451 words.

This makes it 68% the length of the average book. It also has 62% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read How Governors Built the Modern American Presidency Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 35 minutes to read How Governors Built the Modern American Presidency aloud.

What Reading Level is How Governors Built the Modern American Presidency?

How Governors Built the Modern American Presidency is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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