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For a century and a half the words of presidents have framed, expressed, and sometimes challenged the civil rights policies of America. The eleven essays in this book examine the ways in which American presidents and their administrations have defined the meaning of civil rights from Rutherford B. Hayes to William Jefferson Clinton. The book's closing chapter analyzes President Clinton's 1997-98 Race Initiative and its failure, drawing conclus...

Culminating a decade of conferences that have explored presidential speech, this work assesses progress and suggests directions for both the practice of presidential speech and its study. It serves as a pivotal work for scholars of public discourse and the presidency who seek to understand the shifting landscape of American political leadership.

Culminating a decade of conferences that have explored presidential speech, this work assesses progress and suggests directions for both the practice of presidential speech and its study. It serves as a pivotal work for scholars of public discourse and the presidency who seek to understand the shifting landscape of American political leadership.

While accusations of "political correctness" are frequently raised against liberals, there has been surprisingly little discussion of how conservatives foment the use of their own "economically correct" language. In this engaging book, James Arnt Aune examines how the rhetoric of the free market has become the everyday language of political debate in America and around the world. He illuminates the inner logic of free-market ideas, using rheto...