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Title:

The rhetorical presidency of George H.W. Bush / edited by Martin J. Medhurst.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Texas A&M University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

207 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Bush, George,--1924---Oratory.
Bush, George,--1924---Language.
Rhetoric--History--United States--History--20th century.
Communication in politics--United States--History--20th century.
Political leadership--United States--History--20th century.
United States--Politics and government--1989-1993.

Other Authors:

Medhurst, Martin J.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Why rhetoric matters : George H.W. Bush in the White House / by Martin J. Medhurst -- George Bush's struggle with the "vision thing" / by Catherine L. Langford -- And the wall came tumbling down : Bush's rhetoric of silence during German reunification / by William Forrest Harlow -- Agency and agent in George Bush's Gulf War rhetoric / by Rachel Martin Harlow -- The new world order : President Bush and the post-Cold War era / by Roy Joseph -- Political truancy : George Bush's claim to the mantle of "education president" / by Holly G. McIntush -- Prudence, procrastination, or politics : George Bush and the Earth Summit of 1992 / by Martín Carcasson -- George Bush and the religious right / by Amy Tilton Jones -- Economically speaking : George Bush and the price of perception / by Wynton C. Hall -- Afterword : evaluating the rhetorical presidency of George H.W. Bush / by Martin J. Medhurst.

Series:

Presidential rhetoric series ; no. 14

ISBN:

9781585444717 (cloth : alk. paper)
1585444715 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)61229644

LCCN:

2005021929

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)