Bloomsbury Series on the Modern American Presidency

The modern American presidency is the most influential political institution in the world. The Bloomsbury Series on the Modern American Presidency focuses on its development from the early twentieth century to the present. It features historical, political science, and cultural studies that explore the US presidency in terms of its leadership style, institutional development, agency for political change, policy innovation and implementation (in both domestic and foreign policy domains), image/reputation, and legacy significance.

Titles in the series offer new interpretations of US presidents and the presidency in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries based on up-to-date research, fresh thinking, and innovative argument. The series encompasses a variety of approaches that include assessment of key presidential policies, thematic studies of the presidency over time, examination of the presidency’s role in promoting political change, and reconsideration of individual presidents in terms of their historical and political significance. In recognition of the modern presidency’s celebrity, it also features works that examine the role of presidents in popular culture.

Finally, it includes volumes examining the presidency in relationship to class, gender and race within American society.

Ideas for new books in the series should be emailed to both series editors, Professor Mark White of Queen Mary University of London and Emeritus Professor Iwan Morgan of University College London at: m.j.white@qmul.ac.uk and i.morgan@ucl.ac.uk.

The editors welcome proposals on any aspect of the modern American presidency, including research monographs, as well as shorter “think pieces” exploring broad presidential themes in history and contemporary politics. The series editors encourage submissions from authors with expertise in the presidency regardless of their professional background or career development stage.