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Proverbial democracy : government of the people, by the people, for the people / Wolfgang Mieder.
Van Pelt Library E475.55 .M54 2026
By Request
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mieder, Wolfgang, Author.
- Series:
- Vectors from Peter Lang
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy--United States--History.
- Democracy.
- Rhetoric--Political aspects.
- Rhetoric.
- Rhetoric--Political aspects--United States.
- Democracy--History.
- Democracy--United States--Quotations, maxims, etc.
- Proverbs--Political aspects--United States.
- Proverbs.
- Proverbs, American--History and criticism.
- Proverbs, American.
- Political oratory--United States--History.
- Political oratory.
- Politicians--United States--Language.
- Politicians.
- Speeches, addresses, etc., American--History and criticism.
- Speeches, addresses, etc., American.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Gettysburg address--Criticism, Textual.
- Lincoln, Abraham.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Gettysburg address--History.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Quotations.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 74 pages ; 21 cm.
- Other Title:
- Government of the people, by the people, for the people
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Peter Lang, [2026]
- Summary:
- "In the Gettysburg Address of 1863, Abraham Lincoln famously declared that 'government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth'. Since then the phrase has become the proverbial definition of American democracy. In this book, internationally renowned folklorist Wolfgang Mieder explains why and how this happened"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Format:
- Online version Mieder, Wolfgang, 1944- Proverbial democracy
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9783034365673
- 3034365675
- OCLC:
- 1586959922
- Publisher Number:
- 90104569534
- CIPO000383698
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