The Language of Democracy : : Political Rhetoric in the United States and Britain, 1790-1900 / / Andrew W. Robertson.
Tracing the history of political rhetoric in nineteenth-century America and Britain, Andrew W. Robertson shows how modern election campaigning was born. Robertson discusses early political cartoons and electioneering speeches as he examines the role of each nation's press in assimilating masses...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019] ©1995 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 p.) :; 11 b&w photographs |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Sources
- Introduction: Causes, Conjunctures, Occasions, and Relations
- 1. Demi-Aristocratical Democracy: The Persistence of Anglo-American Political Culture, 1780–1799
- 2. Oral Speech on the Printed Page: Electioneering Rhetoric in the United States, 1800–1824
- 3. Reform Agitation under Repressive Constraints: British Rhetoric, 1800–1832
- 4. Creating a National Audience: Jacksonian America, 1828-1860
- 5. Parliamentary Reform and Repeal of Constraints on Expression, 1832–1855
- 6. The Rhetorical Civil War in the Northern Press: New York, 1860–1868
- 7. The Personality Contest between Gladstone and Disraeli, 1855–1880
- 8. The Loss of Public Principles and Public Interest: Gilded Age Rhetoric, 1872–1896
- 9. Fire and Strength, Sword and Fire: British Rhetorical Battles, 1880-1900
- 10.The Appeal to the Eye: Visual Communications in the United States and Britain, 1880-1900
- Conclusion: Misunderstanding and Its Remedies
- Bibliography
- Index