Proverbs Are The Best Policy Folk Wisdom And American Politics
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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Logan, Utah :
Utah State University, University Libraries
2005
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009432625706719 |
| 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (323 pages) Also available in print form |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-309) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781283283427 9786613283429 9780874215182 |
