The Anti-Intellectual Presidency: The Decline of Presidential Rhetoric from George Washington to George W. Bush

The Anti-Intellectual Presidency: The Decline of Presidential Rhetoric from George Washington to George W. Bush

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-208

  Lim, Elvin T ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

America; Anti intellectualism; Communication; Platitudes; Presidential discourse; Presidents; Public relations; Soundbites; Speeches; Speechwriters

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EID: 84922588755     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195342642.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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