Contested Truths : Keywords in American Politics since Independence

Daniel T. Rodgers

ISBN 10: 0674167112 / ISBN 13: 9780674167117

Edité par Harvard University Press Mär 1998, 1998

A propos de cet article

Neuware - 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.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Contested Truths : Keywords in American Politics since Independence
• Éditeur: Harvard University Press Mär 1998
• Date de parution: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0674167112
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780674167117
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 215 L x 141 H x 17 P (en millimètres) 215 millimètres de largeur par 141 millimètres de hauteur par 17 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 364 grammes

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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.

À propos de l?auteur

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