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The anti-intellectual presidency [electronic resource] : the decline of presidential rhetoric from George Washington to George W. Bush / Elvin T. Lim.

By: Lim, Elvin T, 1976-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008Description: xviii, 178 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Presidents -- United States -- History | Presidents -- United States -- Language -- History | Presidents -- United States -- Intellectual life | Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States -- History | Communication in politics -- United States -- History | Political oratory -- United States -- History | United States -- Politics and government | United States -- Intellectual lifeGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 973.09/9 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
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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973.09/9 (Browse shelf) Available

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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