The anti-intellectual presidency the decline of presidential rhetoric from George Washington to George W. Bush /

Main Author: Lim, Elvin T., 1976-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10254437
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300 |a xviii, 178 p. :  |b ill. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a 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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