Speaking to the People: The Rhetorical Presidency in Historical Perspective

by Richard J. Ellis

Overview

Evaluates the changing role of popular leadership and presidential rhetoric in American politics

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781558491595
Publisher:	University of Massachusetts Press
Publication date:	09/18/1998
Series:	Political Development of the American Nation: Studies in Politics and History
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.05(w) x 9.07(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Richard J.Ellis is associate professor of politics at Willamette University and author of The Dark Side of the Left: Illiberal Egalitarianism in America and American Political Cultures.

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What People are Saying About This

Jeffrey L. Sedgwick

Taking as its point of departure Jeffrey Tulis's influential book, Speaking to the People offers a critical look back at the 'rhetorical presidency' from the end of the twentieth century to the end of the eighteenth. It will appeal to scholars of American political thought, students of the presidency, admirers as well as critics of Woodrow Wilson and the Progressive era, historians and political scientists. I expect it to find wide use as a course text.

Editorial Reviews

Perceptive collection of 9 essays....an excellent and useful book.

Choice

Nine essays, some from a 1995 Western Political Science Association panel, explore the evolution of the role of the President as shaper and mobilizer of public opinion. Among the topics: the presidential newspaper; Jefferson, Jackson, and the origins of the presidential mandate; and Franklin D. Roosevelt, progressivism, and the limits of popular leadership. Paper edition (unseen) $16.95. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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