
Rough Rider in the White House
Theodore Roosevelt and the Politics of Desire
Sarah Watts(Author)
University of Chicago Press
Will be published approx. on 15. October 2003
Book
Hardback
299 pages
978-0-226-87607-8 (ISBN)
Description
"Rough Rider in the White House" presents a fascinating psychological portrait of the twenty-sixth president of the United States, a man whose personal obsession with masculinity profoundly influenced the fate of a nation. Historian Sarah Watts argues that Theodore Roosevelt struggled, like many of his contemporaries, with what it meant to be a man in the modern era. With his unabashed paeans to violence and aggressive politics (Woodrow Wilson referred to him as "the most dangerous man of the age"), Roosevelt ultimately offered American men a chance to project their longings and fears onto the nation and its policies. Written with passion and precision, this powerful appraisal of an American icon dramatically alters the way we see Theodore Roosevelt and his political legacy.
Reviews / Votes
"Watts probes not so much the public life of her subject as the darker interaction between his private psyche and the culture and politics of early 20th-century America. The result is a superb scholarly study of how Roosevelt built his political base on the aspiration and fears of men in a rapidly changing nation and world." - Library Journal"More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Publishing group
The University of Chicago Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 24 mm
Width: 16 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight
652 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-226-87607-8 (9780226876078)
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Person
Sarah Watts is professor of history at Wake Forest University and the author of Order Against Chaos: Business Culture and Labor Ideology in America, 1880 - 1915.