The anti-intellectual presidency : the decline of presidential rhetoric from George Washington to George W. Bush / / Elvin T. Lim.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Lim, Elvin T., 1976-
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xviii, 178 p. :; ill.

Table of Contents

• The problem of presidential rhetoric
• The linguistic simplification of presidential rhetoric
• The anti-intellectual speechwriters
• The substantive impoverishment of presidential rhetoric
• Institutionalizing the anti-intellectual presidency
• Indicting the anti-intellectual presidency
• Reforming the anti-intellectual presidency
• Appendix I : the General Inquirer (GI)
• Appendix II : definitions of General Inquirer categories used
• Appendix III : annual messages, 1790-2006
• Appendix IV : inaugural addresses, 1789-2005
• Appendix V : presidential speechwriters interviewed
• Appendix VI : the Flesch readability score.