Imagining Deliberative Democracy in the Early American Republic. by Gustafson, Sandra M.

Table of Contents: “…How to Read Deliberatively; Conclusion: Deliberative Democracy Past and Future; Notes; Index.…”
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Imagining deliberative democracy in the early American republic / by Gustafson, Sandra M.

Table of Contents: “…Deliberation: a very brief history -- The idea of deliberation -- Deliberation and democracy in the early American republic -- Whitman, Dewey, and the place of the arts -- Theories of republicanism and deliberative democracy -- Modern republicanism in the Atlantic world -- The eloquence of modern republicanism -- The view from Bunker Hill -- Writing the modern republic -- Models of ancient eloquence -- Res publica redivivus -- Eloquent Shakespeare -- Arguing with the Bible -- The politics and aesthetics of deliberation -- The rise of literary oratory -- Daniel Webster's genuine word -- The frontier humor of David Crockett -- Prophesying the multiracial republic -- Democracy and the "three races" -- Beyond the white Christian republic -- Reasoning with David Walker -- Listening to the wisdom of babes -- Toward multiracial deliberations -- Deliberative fictions -- Failures of deliberation -- Cooper's trials -- How to read deliberatively -- Democratic hermeneutics -- The great American deliberative novel -- Protest at Mashpee -- Property matters -- Conclusion: deliberative democracy past and future.…”

Creating the culture of reform in antebellum America / by Garvey, T. Gregory, 1962-

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Critical rhetorics of race /

Table of Contents: “…Holling -- Control, discipline, and punish : Black masculinity and (in)visible whiteness in the NBA / Rachel Griffin and Bernadette Marie Calafell -- Declarations of independence : African American abolitionists and the struggle for racial and rhetorical self-determination / Jacqueline Bacon -- Transgressive rhetoric in deliberative democracy : the Black press / Michael Huspek -- Bling fling : commodity consumption and the politics of the 'post-racial' / Roopali Mukherjee -- The rhythm of ambition : power temporalities and the production of the call center agent in documentary film and reality television / Aimee Carrillo Rowe, Sheena Malhotra, and Kimberlee Pérez -- Inscribing racial bodies and relieving responsibility : examining the racial politics in Crash / Jamie Moshin and Ronald L. …”

The prospect of presidential rhetoric /

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 11 Report of the National Task Force on the Presidency and Deliberative DemocracyChapter 12 Report of the National Task Force on Presidential Communication to Congress; Chapter 13 Report of the National Task Force on the Presidency and Public Opinion; Chapter 14 Report of the National Task Force on the Ethical Responsibilities of the Presidential Rhetoric; Chapter 15 Report of the National Task Force on the Theory and Practice of the Rhetorical Presidency ; Chapter 16 Report of the National Task Force on Presidential Rhetoric in Times of Crisis; Contributors; Index.…”
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Critical rhetorics of race /

Table of Contents: “…Holling -- Control, discipline, and punish : Black masculinity and (in)visible whiteness in the NBA / Rachel Griffin and Bernadette Marie Calafell -- Declarations of independence : African American abolitionists and the struggle for racial and rhetorical self-determination / Jacqueline Bacon -- Transgressive rhetoric in deliberative democracy : the Black press / Michael Huspek -- Bling fling : commodity consumption and the politics of the 'post-racial' / Roopali Mukherjee -- The rhythm of ambition : power temporalities and the production of the call center agent in documentary film and reality television / Aimee Carrillo Rowe, Sheena Malhotra, and Kimberlee Pérez -- Inscribing racial bodies and relieving responsibility : examining the racial politics in Crash / Jamie Moshin and Ronald L. …”
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Barack Obama : American historian / by Sarson, Steven

Table of Contents: “…The pursuit of happinessChapter 3 The Foundation of our Government: The Constitution and the New Nation; The foundation of our government; Stained by this nation's original sin; Finally made real; WE THE PEOPLE; A "deliberative democracy"; One of the Founders' central insights; Before the ink on the constitutional parchment was dry; A sufficient defense against tyranny; The Supreme Court's role in determining the law; Fundamentalist faith; The freedom of the apostate; Fidelity to our founding principles; The context of an ever-changing world; A "wall of separation" between church and state.…”
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