The anti-intellectual presidency the decline of presidential rhetoric from George Washington to George W. Bush /

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Main Author: Lim, Elvin T., 1976-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
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245 1 4 |a The anti-intellectual presidency  |h [electronic resource] :  |b the decline of presidential rhetoric from George Washington to George W. Bush /  |c Elvin T. Lim. 
260 |a Oxford ;  |a New York :  |b Oxford University Press,  |c 2008. 
300 |a xviii, 178 p. :  |b ill. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a The problem of presidential rhetoric -- The linguistic simplification of presidential rhetoric -- The anti-intellectual speechwriters -- The substantive impoverishment of presidential rhetoric -- Institutionalizing the anti-intellectual presidency -- Indicting the anti-intellectual presidency -- Reforming the anti-intellectual presidency -- Appendix I : the General Inquirer (GI) -- Appendix II : definitions of General Inquirer categories used -- Appendix III : annual messages, 1790-2006 -- Appendix IV : inaugural addresses, 1789-2005 -- Appendix V : presidential speechwriters interviewed -- Appendix VI : the Flesch readability score. 
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