Proverbs Are The Best Policy : Folk Wisdom And American Politics / / Wolfgang Mieder.
Wolfgang Mieder, widely considered the world's greatest proverb scholar, here considers the role of proverbial speech on the American political stage from the Revolutionary War to the present. He begins his survey by discussing the origins and characteristics American proverbs and their spread...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Logan, Utah : : Utah State University Press,, 2005. ©2005. |
| Year of Publication: | 2005 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (323 pages) |
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| Summary: | Wolfgang Mieder, widely considered the world's greatest proverb scholar, here considers the role of proverbial speech on the American political stage from the Revolutionary War to the present. He begins his survey by discussing the origins and characteristics American proverbs and their spread across the globe hand in hand with America's international political role. He then looks at the history of the defining proverb of American democracy, ""government of the people, by the people, for the people."" Subsequent essays consider such matters as Abigail Adams's masterful use of politically ch-- |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-309) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 1283283425 9786613283429 0874215188 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Wolfgang Mieder. |