Author: Robertson, Andrew W.
Title: The Language of Democracy: Political Rhetoric in the United States and Britain, 1790 -1900
Description: Ithaca, Cornell University Press, (1995). orig.cloth. 24x15cm, xv,264 pp. Minor rubbing, VG. ¶ Contents: Introduction: Causes, Conjunctures, Occasions & Relations; Demi- Aristocratical Democracy: The Persistence of Anglo-American Political Culture, 1780-1799; Oral Speech on the Printed Page:Electioneering Rhetoric in the United States, 1800-1832; Reform Agitation under Repressive Constraints: British Rhetoric, 1800-1832; Creating a National Audience: Jacksonian America, 1828-1860; Parliamentary Reform & Repeal of Constraints on Expression, 1832-1855; The Rhetorical Civil War in the Northern Press: New York, 1860-1868; The Personality Contest between Gladstone and Disraeli, 1855-1880; The Loss of Public Principles & Public Interest: Gilded Age Rhetoric, 1872-1896; Fire & Strength, Sword & Fire: British Rhetorical Battles, 1880-1900; The Appeal to the Eye: Visual Communications in the United States & Britain, 1880-1900; Conclusion: Misunderstaiding & Its Remedies.

Keywords: Electioneering Rhetoric, Great Britain, America, Political History, Communications, Mass Communication, Oral Speech, ,