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Before the Rhetorical Presidency
Martin J. . Ed(S): Medhurst
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Description for Before the Rhetorical Presidency
Investigates how US presidents in the nineteenth century communicated with their publics, both congressional and popular. This book examines administrations, policies, and events. It includes an afterword that raises eight challenges to the original formulation of the rhetorical presidency and in so doing sets forth an agenda for future studies. Editor(s): Medhurst, Martin J. Series: Presidential Rhetoric Series. Num Pages: 356 pages, 4 b&w photos, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 166 x 32. Weight in Grams: 790.
Since its identification in 1981, the rhetorical presidency has drawn both defenders and critics. Chief among those critical of the practice is political theorist Jeffrey K. Tulis, whose 1987 book, ""The Rhetorical Presidency"", helped popularize the construct and set forth a sustained analysis of the baleful effects that have allegedly accompanied the shift from a ""constitutional"" presidency to a ""rhetorical"" one.Tulis locates this shift in the presidencies of Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, arguing that the rhetorical presidency is a twentieth-century phenomenon. Yet not all scholars agree with this assessment. ""Before the Rhetorical Presidency"" is an attempt to investigate how ... Read more
Since its identification in 1981, the rhetorical presidency has drawn both defenders and critics. Chief among those critical of the practice is political theorist Jeffrey K. Tulis, whose 1987 book, ""The Rhetorical Presidency"", helped popularize the construct and set forth a sustained analysis of the baleful effects that have allegedly accompanied the shift from a ""constitutional"" presidency to a ""rhetorical"" one.Tulis locates this shift in the presidencies of Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, arguing that the rhetorical presidency is a twentieth-century phenomenon. Yet not all scholars agree with this assessment. ""Before the Rhetorical Presidency"" is an attempt to investigate how ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Texas A & M University Press United States
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
Series
Presidential Rhetoric Series
Number of Pages
356
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
College Station, United States
ISBN
9781603440714
SKU
V9781603440714
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About Martin J. . Ed(S): Medhurst
MARTIN J. MEDHURST served as founding editor for the Presidential Rhetoric Series and was the prime mover behind ten annual conferences on presidential rhetoric held at Texas A&M University. He is now Distinguished Professor of Rhetoric and Communication at Baylor University.
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