Inventing authority: Bill clinton, martin luther king, Jr., and the orchestration of rhetorical traditions

Quarterly Journal of Speech

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-89

  Murphy, John M ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Authority; Bill clinton; Community; Martin luther king Jr; Rhetorical tradition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039187003     PISSN: 00335630     EISSN: 14795779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00335639709384172     Document Type: Article

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