Proverbs are the best policy : folk wisdom and American politics /

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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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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mieder, Wolfgang
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, [2005]
Series:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Proverbs, American.
Proverbs > Political aspects > United States.
Rhetoric > Political aspects > United States.
Politicians > United States > Language.
Proverbes américains.
Proverbes > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Discours politique > États-Unis.
Politiciens > États-Unis > Langage.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Politicians > Language
Politics and government
Proverbs, American
Proverbs > Political aspects
Rhetoric > Political aspects
Politische Sprache
Sprichwort
United States > Politics and government > Miscellanea.
United States > Politics and government > Quotations, maxims, etc.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > Citations, maximes, etc.
United States
USA
miscellanies.
quotations (texts)
Quotations
Trivia and miscellanea
Trivia and miscellanea.
Quotations.
Miscellanées.
Citations.
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