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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825461203321

Titolo

The rhetorical presidency of George H.W. Bush [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Martin J. Medhurst

Pubbl/distr/stampa

College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2006

ISBN

1-299-05365-3

1-60344-558-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Collana

Presidential rhetoric series ; ; no. 14

Altri autori (Persone)

MedhurstMartin J

Disciplina

973.928/092

Soggetti

Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States - History - 20th century

Communication in politics - United States - History - 20th century

Political leadership - United States - History - 20th century

United States Politics and government 1989-1993

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Why rhetoric matters : George Bush in the White House / by Martin J. Medhurst -- George Bush's struggle with the "vision thing" / by Catherine L. Langford -- And the wall came tumbling down : Bush's rhetoric of silence during German reunification / by William Forrest Harlow -- Agency and agent in George Bush's Gulf War rhetoric / by Rachel Martin Harlow -- The new world order : President Bush and the post-Cold War era / by Roy Joseph -- Political truancy : George Bush's claim to the mantle of "education president" / by Holly G. McIntush -- Prudence, procrastination, or politics : George Bush and the Earth Summit of 1992 / by Martín Carcasson -- George Bush and the religious right / by Amy Tilton Jones -- Economically speaking : George Bush and the price of perception / by Wynton C. Hall -- Afterword : evaluating the rhetorical presidency of George Bush / by Martin J. Medhurst.