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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lim, Elvin T., 1976-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--United States--History.

Presidents.

Presidents--United States--Language--History.

Presidents--United States--Intellectual life.

Rhetoric--Political aspects--United States--History.

Rhetoric.

Communication in politics--United States--History.

Communication in politics.

Political oratory--United States--History.

Political oratory.

United States--Politics and government.

United States.

United States--Intellectual life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (197 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Preface Acknowledgments 1. The Problem of Presidential Rhetoric 2. Rhetorical Simplification and the Anti-intellectual Presidency 3. Creating the Anti-intellectual Presidency 4. Substantive Impoverishment and the Anti-intellectual Presidency 5. Institutionalizing the Anti-intellectual Presidency 6. Defending and Indicting the Anti-intellectual Presidency 7. Reforming the Anti-intellectual Presidency Appendix I: The General Inquirer (GI) Appendix II: Definitions of GI Categories Used Appendix III: Annual Messages, 1790-2006 Appendix IV: Inaugural Addresses, 1789-2005 Appendix V: Pr

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-992709-X

0-19-989809-X

0-19-971161-5

9786611529345

1-281-52934-6

OCLC:

476245187