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

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Hovedforfatter: Lim, Elvin T., 1976-
Institution som forfatter: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronisk eBog
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
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Indholdsfortegnelse:
  • 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.