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Russell Hanson discovers in the history of democratic rhetoric in the United States a series of essential contests" over the meaning of democracy that have occurred in periods of political and socio-economic change.Originally published in 1985.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-...
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Princeton University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Princeton, N.J. : |
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[1985] ©1985 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Russell Hanson discovers in the history of democratic rhetoric in the United States a series of essential contests" over the meaning of democracy that have occurred in periods of political and socio-economic change.Originally published in 1985.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (490 pages) : illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9781400857852 |
| Index Number: | JA84 |
| CLC: | D097.12 |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- PROLOGUE -- CHAPTER ONE. The Rhetoric of Democracy -- CHAPTER TWO. Republican Rhetoric in the Founding Period -- CHAPTER THREE. Democratic Republicanism in the United States -- CHAPTER FOUR. Jacksonian Democracy -- CHAPTER FIVE. Politics and Ideology in the Age of the Civil War -- CHAPTER SIX. The Triumph of Conservatism -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Direct Democracy and the Illusion of Fulfillment -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Democratic Consumerism -- CHAPTER NINE. The Eclipse of Liberal Democracy -- CHAPTER TEN. The Functionalization of Discourse -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. The Crisis of Liberal Democracy -- CHAPTER TWELVE. History and Liberation -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- Backmatter. |