On the stump : campaign oratory and democracy in the United States, Britain, and Australia /

Stumping," or making political speeches in favor of a candidate, cause, or campaign has been around since before the 1800s, when speechmaking was frequently portrayed as delivered from the base of a tree. The practice, which has been strongly associated with the American frontier, British agita...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Scalmer, Sean (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Political campaigns > United States.
Political campaigns > Great Britain.
Political campaigns > Australia.
Campaign speeches > United States.
Campaign speeches > Great Britain.
Campaign speeches > Australia.
Democracy > Cross-cultural studies.
Political culture > Cross-cultural studies.
Campagnes électorales > Discours > États-Unis.
Campagnes électorales > Discours > Grande-Bretagne.
Campagnes électorales > Discours > Australie.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
Campaign speeches
Democracy
Political campaigns
Political culture
Australia
Great Britain
United States
Cross-cultural studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontier stumping: Davy Crockett and Henry Clay as orators and symbols
  • Partisan oratory: an American habit
  • From America to the British world: stumping translated and reimagined
  • Rousing the people: the stumping tour in colonial Australia
  • To Midlothian and beyond: Gladstonian stumping, performed and remembered.

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