A Republic, If You Can Keep It: The Foundation of the American Presidency, 1700-1800 (Contributions in Political Science)

'œMichael Riccards begins his well organized and clearly written essay with chapters on "The Royal Perogative," "The Provincial Governors," and "The War Governers," introducing the kinds of executive leadership with which Americans were familiar on the eve of the Constitutional Convention of 1787. The general reader will find this introduction helpful . . . A Republic If You Can Keep It concludes with a useful guide to further reading and a valuable observation on American statecraft at the close of the eighteenth century. . . .'' Presidential Studies QuarterlyMichael Riccards is the author of 'A Republic, If You Can Keep It: The Foundation of the American Presidency, 1700-1800 (Contributions in Political Science)', published 1987 under ISBN 9780313254628 and ISBN 0313254621.