Contested Truths: Keywords in American Politics since Independence - Couverture souple

Rodgers, Daniel T.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0674167112 ISBN 13 : 9780674167117

Editeur : Harvard University Press, 1998

Synopsis

Contention, argument, and power have always been the tradition in American political talk. Any country that began in a revolution was bound to have this history. But the language of argument uses particular words with particular, sometimes shifting, meanings and to know what they are and what they meant over time is a critical contribution to political history. It is true that politicians may act as though they are part of no particular ideological tradition, but history shows that, more often than not, they use an understood meaning to enhance their actions. As Daniel Rodgers shows in this book, rhetoric has consequences.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Daniel T. Rodgers is Henry Charles Lea Professor of History at Princeton University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Harvard University Press
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0674167112
• ISBN 13: 9780674167117
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 280
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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