On the stump : campaign oratory and democracy in the United States, Britain, and Australia / Sean Sc...
On the stump : campaign oratory and democracy in the United States, Britain, and Australia / Sean Sc...
On the stump : campaign oratory and democracy in the United States, Britain, and Australia / Sean Scalmer.
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Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2017.
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English
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Physical content
xvi, 213 pages ; 24 cm.
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text
still image
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
1.Frontier Stumping: Davy Crockett and Henry Clay as Orators and Symbols -- 2.Partisan Oratory: An American Habit -- 3.From America to the British World: Stumping Translated and Reimagined -- 4.Rousing the People: The Stumping Tour in Colonial Australia -- 5.To Midlothian and Beyond: Gladstonian Stu...
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Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2017.
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania
Date Published
2017.
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Summary
"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 agitators, and colonial Australia, remains an effective com...
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On the stump : campaign oratory and democracy in the United States, Britain, and Australia / Sean Scalmer.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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74VKV0avvx3l
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV0avvx3l
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ISBN
9781439915059 (e-book)
9781439915035 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781439915042 (paper : alk. paper)
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324.7
MMS ID
991024225519802626
