000331943 000__ 02024cam\a2200361\a\4500 000331943 001__ 331943 000331943 005__ 20210513121831.0 000331943 008__ 071210s2008\\\\enka\\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000331943 010__ $$a 2007050230 000331943 019__ $$a179802840 000331943 020__ $$a9780195342642 (alk. paper) 000331943 020__ $$a019534264X (alk. paper) 000331943 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn185026531 000331943 035__ $$a331943 000331943 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dBAKER$$dYDXCP$$dBTCTA$$dC#P$$dBWX$$dIXA$$dNOR$$dMOF$$dCDX$$dKEC 000331943 043__ $$an-us--- 000331943 049__ $$aISEA 000331943 05000 $$aE176.1$$b.L457 2008 000331943 08200 $$a973.09/9$$222 000331943 1001_ $$aLim, Elvin T.,$$d1976- 000331943 24514 $$aThe anti-intellectual presidency :$$bthe decline of presidential rhetoric from George Washington to George W. Bush /$$cElvin T. Lim. 000331943 260__ $$aOxford :$$aNew York :$$bOxford University Press,$$c2008. 000331943 300__ $$axviii, 178 p. :$$bill. ;$$c25 cm. 000331943 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000331943 5050_ $$aThe problem of presidential rhetoric -- The linguistic simplification of presidential rhetoric -- The anti-intellectual speechwriters -- The substantive impoverishment of presidential rhetoric -- Institutionalizing the anti-intellectual presidency -- Indicting the anti-intellectual presidency -- Reforming the anti-intellectual presidency -- Appendix I : The General Inquirer (GI) -- Appendix II : Definitions of General Inquirer categories used -- Appendix III : Annual messages, 1790-2006 -- Appendix IV : Inaugural addresses, 1789-2005 -- Appendix V : Presidential speechwriters interviewed -- Appendix VI : The Flesch readability score. 000331943 650_0 $$aPresidents$$zUnited States$$xHistory. 000331943 650_0 $$aPresidents$$zUnited States$$xLanguage$$xHistory. 000331943 650_0 $$aPresidents$$zUnited States$$xIntellectual life$$xHistory. 000331943 650_0 $$aRhetoric$$xPolitical aspects$$zUnited States$$xHistory. 000331943 650_0 $$aCommunication in politics$$zUnited States$$xHistory. 000331943 650_0 $$aPolitical oratory$$zUnited States$$xHistory. 000331943 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xPolitics and government. 000331943 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xIntellectual life. 000331943 85200 $$bgen$$hE176.1$$i.L457$$i2008 000331943 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:331943$$pGLOBAL_SET 000331943 980__ $$aBIB 000331943 980__ $$aBOOK