Presidents Creating the Presidency: Deeds Done in Words

by Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Karlyn Kohrs Campbell

Book Overview

Arguing that "the presidency" is not defined by the Constitution--which doesn't use the term--but by what presidents say and how they say it, Deeds Done in Words has been the definitive book on presidential rhetoric for more than a decade. In Presidents Creating the Presidency, Karlyn Kohrs Campbell and Kathleen Hall Jamieson expand and recast their classic work for the YouTube era, revealing how our media-saturated age has transformed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226092216
• ISBN13: 9780226092218
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.7" x 9.0"