The language of democracy : political rhetoric in the United States and Britain, 1790-1900 / Andrew W. Robertson.
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TextPublisher: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2005Edition: First University of Virginia Press editionDescription: xix, 264 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0813923441
- 9780813923444
- Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States
- Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- Great Britain
- Press and politics -- United States -- History
- Press and politics -- Great Britain -- History
- Political campaigns -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Political campaigns -- Great Britain -- History
- English language -- United States -- Rhetoric
- United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century
- Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 19th century
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1789-1809
- Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1789-1820
- 808.51088320973 22
- PN239.P64 R63 2005
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Originally published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1995. With new introd.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-253) and index.
Introduction : causes, conjunctures, occasions, and relations -- 1. Demi-aristocratical democracy : the persistence of Anglo-American political culture, 1780-1799 -- 2. Oral speech on the printed page : electioneering rhetoric in the United States, 1800-1824 -- 3. Reform agitation under repressive constraints : British rhetoric, 1800-1832 -- 4. Creating a national audience : Jacksonian America, 1828-1860 -- 5. Parliamentary reform and repeal of constraints on expression, 1832-1855 -- 6. The rhetorical civil war in the northern press : New York, 1860-1868 -- 7. The personality contest between Gladstone and Disraeli, 1855-1880 -- 8. The loss of public principles and public interest : gilded age rhetoric, 1872-1896 -- 9. Fire and strength, sword and fire : British rhetorical battles, 1880-1896 -- 10. The appeal to the eye : visual communications in the United States and Britain, 1880-1900 -- Conclusion : misunderstanding and its remedies.
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