The Language of Democracy: Political Rhetoric in the United States and Britain, 1790-1900 - Hardcover

Robertson, Andrew W.

 
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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 of new voters into the political system.

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Andrew W. Robertson teaches history at the California Institute of Technology.

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ISBN 10:  0813923441 ISBN 13:  9780813923444
Publisher: University of Virginia Press, 2005
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