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"""Presidents claim to speak for ‘we the people.’ Stuckey’s bold and insightful book deconstructs the rhetoric through which presidents have excluded and even vilified some Americans even as they have included and acclaimed others. Through fascinating case studies of some of our best and worst presidents, Stuckey compels us to confront the powerful part that all have played in defining who we are.""—Bruce Miroff, author of Icons of Democracy: American Leaders as Heroes, Aristocrats, Dissenters, and Democrats ""Students of history, politics, and rhetoric will profit from this insightful study of the nexus between language and culture.""—David Zarefsky, author of Lincoln, Douglas, and Slavery: In the Crucible of Public Debate"

Presidents claim to speak for 'we the people.' Stuckey's bold and insightful book deconstructs the rhetoric through which presidents have excluded and even vilified some Americans even as they have included and acclaimed others. Through fascinating case studies of some of our best and worst presidents, Stuckey compels us to confront the powerful part that all have played in defining who we are. --Bruce Miroff, author of Icons of Democracy: American Leaders as Heroes, Aristocrats, Dissenters, and Democrats Students of history, politics, and rhetoric will profit from this insightful study of the nexus between language and culture. --David Zarefsky, author of Lincoln, Douglas, and Slavery: In the Crucible of Public Debate

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