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Dangerous crooked scoundrels : insulting the president, from Washington to Trump Cover Image Book Book

Dangerous crooked scoundrels : insulting the president, from Washington to Trump / Edwin L. Battistella.

Battistella, Edwin L., (author.).

Summary:

History of insults aimed at United States presidents, from George Washington to Donald Trump.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780190050900
  • ISBN: 019005090X
  • Physical Description: vii, 220 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
  • Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, [2020]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical reference (pages 177-212) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Insults and politics -- Founders, 1788-1824 -- The rise of the common man, 1824-1860 -- The nation remade, 1860-1900 -- The modern presidency, 1900-1945 -- A world power, 1945-1980 -- Culture wars, 1980-2018 -- A catalog of presidential insults.

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Subject: Presidents > United States > Miscellanea.
Invective > History.
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HISTORY / United States / State & Local.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch.
Invective.
Political cartoons.
Presidents.
United States.
Genre: History.
Trivia and miscellanea.
Trivia and miscellanea.

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