Title A war of words : the rhetorical leadership of Jefferson Davis / R. Jarrod Atchison

Published Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2017] ©2017

Click on the following:
EBSCO eBooks

Copies

Description 1 online resource Contents Decorum in Davis's resignation from the senate -- Civic republicanism in Davis's inaugural address -- Amplification in Davis's defense of conscription -- Conspiracy rhetoric in Davis's response to the Emancipation Proclamation -- Pragmatism and desperation in Davis's push for conditional emancipation Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 SUBJECT Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 fast Subject Confederate States of America. President. SUBJECT Confederate States of America. President fast Subject HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. Politics and government SUBJECT Confederate States of America -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85030856 United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140205 Subject United States United States -- Confederate States of America Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780817391164 0817391169

  Permalink