Contemporary politics, rhetoric, and discourse

Author(s)

• Thompson, Kenneth W.

Bibliographic Information

Contemporary politics, rhetoric, and discourse

[edited by Kenneth W. Thompson]

（Exxon Education Foundation series on rhetoric and political discourse, v. 20）

University Press of America , The Miller Center, University of Virginia, c1988

• pbk.

Note

"Co-published by arrangement with the White Burkett Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia"--T.p. verso

Bibliography: p. 255-257

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This volume examines the rhetoric of contemporary politics and statesmanship. It discusses television, changing value systems, and other forces which influence the national and international politics of the late twentieth century. Topics include the role of rhetoric in the media, liberalism and conservatism, national defense, and intelligence work, as well as the rhetoric and reality of presidential and international politics.

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Details

• NCID: BA0798172X
• ISBN:
  • 0819170305
  • 0819170313
• LCCN: 88018743
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Lanham [Md.],[Charlottesville, Va.]
• Pages/Volumes: xvi, 257 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PN4193.P6
  • DC19 : 808
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Political oratory
  • LCSH : Rhetoric -- Political aspects
  • LCSH : Presidents -- United States -- Language
  • LCSH : Statesmen -- United States -- Language
  • LCSH : United States -- Foreign relations -- 1981-
  • LCSH : World politics -- 1975-1985
  • LCSH : World politics -- 1985-1995
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA01374156