Constructing Presidential Legacy

Michael Patrick Cullinane is Professor of U.S. History and the Rob and Melani Walton Chair of Theodore Roosevelt Studies at Dickinson State University in North Dakota. He is the author of The Open Door Era: U.S. Foreign Policy in the Twentieth Century (Edinburgh University Press, 2017), Theodore Roosevelt’s Ghost: The History and Memory of an American Icon (Louisiana State University Press, 2017) and Liberty and American Anti-Imperialism: 1898-1909 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012). With Sylvia Ellis, he is the series editor of New Perspectives on the American Presidency (Edinburgh University Press) and co-editor of Constructing Presidential Legacy: How we Remember the American President (Edinburgh University Press, 2018). Sylvia Ellis is Professor Emerita of Modern History at University of Roehampton.

• List of Contributors; AcknowledgementsIntroductionMichael Patrick Cullinane and Sylvia EllisPresidential Temples: America’s Presidential Libraries and Centres from the 1930s to Today Benjamin HufbauerPresidential Legacy: A Literary ProblemKristin A. CookPennsylvania Avenue Meets Madison Avenue: The White House and Commercial AdvertisingMichael Patrick CullinaneEisenhower’s Farewell Address in History and MemoryRichard V. DammsPageantry, Performance and Statecraft: Diplomacy and the Presidential ImageThomas Tunstall Allcock"You’ve Got to Decide How you Want History to Remember You": The Legacy of Lyndon B. Johnson in Film and TelevisionGregory FrameThe Farewell Tour: Presidential Travel and Legacy BuildingEmily J. CharnockReflecting or Reshaping?: Landmark Anniversaries and Presidential LegacyMark McLayFrom a "New Paradigm" to "Memorial Sprawl": The Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential MemorialPatrick HagopianTop Trumps: Presidential Legacies and New TechnologiesSylvia EllisEpilogue: Confessions of a Presidential BiographerH. W. Brands

Presidential legacy is a much used but little understood term. This excellent volume demonstrates that its meaning is primarily dependent on the historical context and purposes of those memorializing the president. Its important and original insights merit a wide readership from students of the presidency and those of historical memory. Highly recommended.