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American political rhetoric and the jeremiad tradition: Presidential nomination acceptance addresses, 1960–1976

Kurt W. Ritter Assistant Professor of Speech and Dramatic Art, University of Missouri, Columbia
Pages 153-171 | Published online: 22 May 2009

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