Proverbs Are The Best Policy : Folk Wisdom And American Politics / / Wolfgang Mieder

• Autore: Mieder Wolfgang
• Pubblicazione: Utah State University, University Libraries, 2005; Logan, Utah : , : Utah State University Press, , 2005; ©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 geografico: United States Politics and government Quotations, maxims, etc; United States Politics and government Miscellanea
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-309) and indexes.
• 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Wolfgang Mieder, widely considered the world's greatest proverb scholar, here considers the role of proverbial speech on the American political stage from the Revolutionary War to the present. He begins his survey by discussing the origins and characteristics American proverbs and their spread across the globe hand in hand with America's international political role. He then looks at the history of the defining proverb of American democracy, ""government of the people, by the people, for the people."" Subsequent essays consider such matters as Abigail Adams's masterful use of politically ch--
• Titolo autorizzato: Proverbs are the Best Policy
• ISBN: 1-283-28342-5; 9786613283429; 0-87421-518-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910146261803321
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