Political argumentation in the United States : historical and contemporary studies / / selected essays by David Zarefsky |
Autore | Zarefsky David |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, Netherlands : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (396 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.97301/4 |
Collana | Argumentation in Context |
Soggetto topico |
Persuasion (Rhetoric) - Political aspects - United States
Communication - Political aspects - United States Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States Interviewing - United States Conversation analysis - United States Reasoning - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 90-272-6990-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Political Argumentation in the United States; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Table of contents; Permissions; Introduction: The field of political argumentation; Plan of the book ; Acknowledgments ; Reference ; Part I. Early American political argumentation; 1. From "conflict" to "Constitutional question": Transformations in early American public discourse; Introduction ; The evolution of the text ; The case studies ; The Alien and Sedition Acts ; The Nullification Dispute ; The Secession Controversy ; Constitutional conflicts and public discourse ; References
2. John Tyler and the rhetoric of the accidental presidencyIntroduction ; Tyler's rhetorical constraints ; Establishing the legitimacy of presidential succession ; Resolving a diplomatic impasse ; Achieving the annexation of Texas ; The path to annexation ; The persuasive campaign ; Tyler's message ; Failure followed by success ; Conclusion ; References ; 3. Debating slavery by proxy: The Texas annexation controversy; The historical background ; The annexation treaty debate, Spring 1844 ; The joint resolution debate, Winter 1844-45 ; Conclusion ; References 4. Henry Clay and the election of 1844: The limits of a rhetoric of compromiseClay and his times ; Clay's rhetorical situation in 1844 ; The Raleigh letter ; The Alabama letters ; Clay's subsequent letters ; Conclusion ; References ; Part II. Abraham Lincoln's political argumentation; 5. Consistency and change in Lincoln's rhetoric about equality; Introduction ; Antecedents ; 1857: The Springfield speech ; Attenuating the meaning of "equality" ; Equality as an abstract ideal ; Defending against the charge of extremism ; Defining Douglas as extremist ; 1858: The Lincoln-Douglas debates Maintaining the dissociation Hedging devices ; Into the presidency ; Conclusions and implications ; References ; 6. "Public sentiment is everything": Lincoln's view of political persuasion; Lincoln at Ottawa ; The attack against Douglas ; The defense of Lincoln ; Assumptions and implications ; References ; 7. Lincoln and the House Divided: Launching a national political career; Introduction ; The political context ; Analysis of the speech ; The "House Divided" opening section ; Body of the speech: The conspiracy argument ; The "Living Dog" conclusion ; Outcomes and implications ; References 8. The Lincoln-Douglas debates revisited: The evolution of public argumentIntroduction ; The rhetorical situation ; The Senatorial campaign ; The conspiracy argument ; The plot against the Whig party ; The plot to forge the platform ; The plot to extend slavery nationwide ; The plot to exploit patronage ; The plot to deny Kansas a referendum ; The legal argument ; What was the status of a Supreme Court decision? ; What did the Dred Scott decision really establish? ; Who owned the territories? ; What was the "tendency" of each candidate's position? ; The interrogatories The historical argument |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460064303321 |
Zarefsky David | ||
Amsterdam, Netherlands : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Political argumentation in the United States : historical and contemporary studies / / selected essays by David Zarefsky |
Autore | Zarefsky David |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, Netherlands : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (396 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.97301/4 |
Collana | Argumentation in Context |
Soggetto topico |
Persuasion (Rhetoric) - Political aspects - United States
Communication - Political aspects - United States Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States Interviewing - United States Conversation analysis - United States Reasoning - United States |
ISBN | 90-272-6990-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Political Argumentation in the United States; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Table of contents; Permissions; Introduction: The field of political argumentation; Plan of the book ; Acknowledgments ; Reference ; Part I. Early American political argumentation; 1. From "conflict" to "Constitutional question": Transformations in early American public discourse; Introduction ; The evolution of the text ; The case studies ; The Alien and Sedition Acts ; The Nullification Dispute ; The Secession Controversy ; Constitutional conflicts and public discourse ; References
2. John Tyler and the rhetoric of the accidental presidencyIntroduction ; Tyler's rhetorical constraints ; Establishing the legitimacy of presidential succession ; Resolving a diplomatic impasse ; Achieving the annexation of Texas ; The path to annexation ; The persuasive campaign ; Tyler's message ; Failure followed by success ; Conclusion ; References ; 3. Debating slavery by proxy: The Texas annexation controversy; The historical background ; The annexation treaty debate, Spring 1844 ; The joint resolution debate, Winter 1844-45 ; Conclusion ; References 4. Henry Clay and the election of 1844: The limits of a rhetoric of compromiseClay and his times ; Clay's rhetorical situation in 1844 ; The Raleigh letter ; The Alabama letters ; Clay's subsequent letters ; Conclusion ; References ; Part II. Abraham Lincoln's political argumentation; 5. Consistency and change in Lincoln's rhetoric about equality; Introduction ; Antecedents ; 1857: The Springfield speech ; Attenuating the meaning of "equality" ; Equality as an abstract ideal ; Defending against the charge of extremism ; Defining Douglas as extremist ; 1858: The Lincoln-Douglas debates Maintaining the dissociation Hedging devices ; Into the presidency ; Conclusions and implications ; References ; 6. "Public sentiment is everything": Lincoln's view of political persuasion; Lincoln at Ottawa ; The attack against Douglas ; The defense of Lincoln ; Assumptions and implications ; References ; 7. Lincoln and the House Divided: Launching a national political career; Introduction ; The political context ; Analysis of the speech ; The "House Divided" opening section ; Body of the speech: The conspiracy argument ; The "Living Dog" conclusion ; Outcomes and implications ; References 8. The Lincoln-Douglas debates revisited: The evolution of public argumentIntroduction ; The rhetorical situation ; The Senatorial campaign ; The conspiracy argument ; The plot against the Whig party ; The plot to forge the platform ; The plot to extend slavery nationwide ; The plot to exploit patronage ; The plot to deny Kansas a referendum ; The legal argument ; What was the status of a Supreme Court decision? ; What did the Dred Scott decision really establish? ; Who owned the territories? ; What was the "tendency" of each candidate's position? ; The interrogatories The historical argument |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787070903321 |
Zarefsky David | ||
Amsterdam, Netherlands : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Political argumentation in the United States : historical and contemporary studies / / selected essays by David Zarefsky |
Autore | Zarefsky David |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, Netherlands : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (396 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.97301/4 |
Collana | Argumentation in Context |
Soggetto topico |
Persuasion (Rhetoric) - Political aspects - United States
Communication - Political aspects - United States Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States Interviewing - United States Conversation analysis - United States Reasoning - United States |
ISBN | 90-272-6990-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Political Argumentation in the United States; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Table of contents; Permissions; Introduction: The field of political argumentation; Plan of the book ; Acknowledgments ; Reference ; Part I. Early American political argumentation; 1. From "conflict" to "Constitutional question": Transformations in early American public discourse; Introduction ; The evolution of the text ; The case studies ; The Alien and Sedition Acts ; The Nullification Dispute ; The Secession Controversy ; Constitutional conflicts and public discourse ; References
2. John Tyler and the rhetoric of the accidental presidencyIntroduction ; Tyler's rhetorical constraints ; Establishing the legitimacy of presidential succession ; Resolving a diplomatic impasse ; Achieving the annexation of Texas ; The path to annexation ; The persuasive campaign ; Tyler's message ; Failure followed by success ; Conclusion ; References ; 3. Debating slavery by proxy: The Texas annexation controversy; The historical background ; The annexation treaty debate, Spring 1844 ; The joint resolution debate, Winter 1844-45 ; Conclusion ; References 4. Henry Clay and the election of 1844: The limits of a rhetoric of compromiseClay and his times ; Clay's rhetorical situation in 1844 ; The Raleigh letter ; The Alabama letters ; Clay's subsequent letters ; Conclusion ; References ; Part II. Abraham Lincoln's political argumentation; 5. Consistency and change in Lincoln's rhetoric about equality; Introduction ; Antecedents ; 1857: The Springfield speech ; Attenuating the meaning of "equality" ; Equality as an abstract ideal ; Defending against the charge of extremism ; Defining Douglas as extremist ; 1858: The Lincoln-Douglas debates Maintaining the dissociation Hedging devices ; Into the presidency ; Conclusions and implications ; References ; 6. "Public sentiment is everything": Lincoln's view of political persuasion; Lincoln at Ottawa ; The attack against Douglas ; The defense of Lincoln ; Assumptions and implications ; References ; 7. Lincoln and the House Divided: Launching a national political career; Introduction ; The political context ; Analysis of the speech ; The "House Divided" opening section ; Body of the speech: The conspiracy argument ; The "Living Dog" conclusion ; Outcomes and implications ; References 8. The Lincoln-Douglas debates revisited: The evolution of public argumentIntroduction ; The rhetorical situation ; The Senatorial campaign ; The conspiracy argument ; The plot against the Whig party ; The plot to forge the platform ; The plot to extend slavery nationwide ; The plot to exploit patronage ; The plot to deny Kansas a referendum ; The legal argument ; What was the status of a Supreme Court decision? ; What did the Dred Scott decision really establish? ; Who owned the territories? ; What was the "tendency" of each candidate's position? ; The interrogatories The historical argument |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820139903321 |
Zarefsky David | ||
Amsterdam, Netherlands : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|