Proverbs Are The Best Policy : Folk Wisdom And American Politics / / Wolfgang Mieder |
Autore | Mieder Wolfgang |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Utah State University, University Libraries, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (323 pages) |
Disciplina | 398.9/21/0973 |
Soggetto topico |
Politicians - United States - Language
Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States Proverbs - Political aspects - United States Proverbs, American |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-28342-5
9786613283429 0-87421-518-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | "Different strokes for different folks" : American proverbs as an international, national, and global phenomenon -- "Government of the people, by the people, for the people" : the making and meaning of an American proverb about democracy -- "God helps them who help themselves" : proverbial resolve in the letters of Abigail Adams -- "A house divided against itself cannot stand" : from biblical proverb to Abraham Lincoln and beyond -- "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" : Frederick Douglass's proverbial struggle for civil rights -- "It's not a president's business to catch flies" : proverbial rhetoric in presidential inaugural addresses -- "We are all in the same boat now" : proverbial discourse in the Churchill-Roosevelt correspondence -- "Good fences make good neighbors" : the sociopolitical significance of an ambiguous proverb. |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996201989603316 |
Mieder Wolfgang | ||
Utah State University, University Libraries, 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Proverbs Are The Best Policy : Folk Wisdom And American Politics / / Wolfgang Mieder |
Autore | Mieder Wolfgang |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Utah State University, University Libraries, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (323 pages) |
Disciplina |
398.9/21/0973
398.9210973 |
Soggetto topico |
Politicians - United States - Language
Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States Proverbs - Political aspects - United States Proverbs, American |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-28342-5
9786613283429 0-87421-518-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | "Different strokes for different folks" : American proverbs as an international, national, and global phenomenon -- "Government of the people, by the people, for the people" : the making and meaning of an American proverb about democracy -- "God helps them who help themselves" : proverbial resolve in the letters of Abigail Adams -- "A house divided against itself cannot stand" : from biblical proverb to Abraham Lincoln and beyond -- "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" : Frederick Douglass's proverbial struggle for civil rights -- "It's not a president's business to catch flies" : proverbial rhetoric in presidential inaugural addresses -- "We are all in the same boat now" : proverbial discourse in the Churchill-Roosevelt correspondence -- "Good fences make good neighbors" : the sociopolitical significance of an ambiguous proverb. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910146261803321 |
Mieder Wolfgang | ||
Utah State University, University Libraries, 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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