Policy Speech in the Nineteenth Century Rhetorical Presidency: The Case of Zachary Taylor's 1849 Tour

Presidential Studies Quarterly

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 248-269

  Ellis, Richard J ^a   Walker, Alexis ^a  

^a WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85044801104     PISSN: 03604918     EISSN: 17415705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-5705.2007.02596.x     Document Type: Article

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