Robert M. La Follette, Sr. : the voice of conscience
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr. : the voice of conscience
（Great American orators, no. 14）
Greenwood Press, 1992
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"Selected speeches": p. [151]-216
Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-232) and index
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This reference is the only book-length work to analyze all of the major speeches of one of the most significant politicians of the first part of the twentieth century, Robert La Follette, Sr. His speeches offer historic snapshots into the Progressive era and of the thinking of an outstanding governor of Wisconsin, U.S. senator, and social agitator. This rhetorical biography analyzes key speeches and provides texts demonstrating how Senator La Follette used melodramatic scenarios to enlist citizens in his reform crusade against the gravest danger that he saw in this country. This reference also provides texts of his most important speeches, a chronology of his major orations, and a lengthy bibliography. This unique volume is designed for students and specialists in political communication, rhetorical criticism, and American studies.
This systematical analysis of Senator La Follette's public speeches is a short and highly readable history of the Progressive era, World War I and its aftermath, and the early 1920s from the perspective of a leading political figure of the times. The analysis of La Follette's rhetorical strategy illuminates his use of confrontational tactics, such as the filibuster in Congress to educate the voter and to plead for reforms that he considered essential. This reference provides the texts of five seminal orations and the most complete bibliography of speeches available to date.
Table of Contents
Series Foreword by Bernard Duffy and Halford Ryan Foreword by Bernard Duffy Critical Analysis Introduction "Iago" and the Evil Principle Congressman La Follette The Menacing Machine Governor La Follette Senator La Follette "Willful Men" "Forward, Progressives!" Notes Conclusion Selected Speeches "Iago" "Oleomargarine" "The Menace of the Political Machine" "Governor La Follette's Speech of Acceptance" "Free Speech and the Right of Congress to Declare the Objects of the War" Labor Day Address Chronology of Major Speeches Selected Bibliography Index
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