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Arguing that the presidency is not defined by the Constitution - but by what presidents say and how they say it, Deeds Done in Words has been the definitive book on presidential rhetoric. This title reveals how our media-saturated age has transformed the rhetorical strategies presidents use to increase and sustain the executive branch's powers.

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"Campbell and Jamieson have taken another leap forward in establishing the essential relationship between rhetoric and the presidency itself. They argue successfully that the genres they have identified actually help define what the presidency is and how that office interacts with the other branches of government and the American people." - American Political Science Review"

Presidents Creating the Presidency

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    A Paperback / softback by Karlyn Kohrs Campbell, Kathleen Hall Jamieson

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      Publisher The University of Chicago Press
      Published 1 May 2008
      ISBN-13 9780226092218
      978-0226092218
      ISBN-10 0226092216

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      Book Synopsis
      Arguing that the presidency is not defined by the Constitution - but by what presidents say and how they say it, Deeds Done in Words has been the definitive book on presidential rhetoric. This title reveals how our media-saturated age has transformed the rhetorical strategies presidents use to increase and sustain the executive branch's powers.

      Trade Review
      "Campbell and Jamieson have taken another leap forward in establishing the essential relationship between rhetoric and the presidency itself. They argue successfully that the genres they have identified actually help define what the presidency is and how that office interacts with the other branches of government and the American people." - American Political Science Review"

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