{"product_id":"you-the-people-american-national-identity-in-presidential-rhetoric-volume-10-paperback","title":"You, the People: American National Identity in Presidential Rhetoric Volume 10 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVanessa B. Beasley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew in paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs we ask anew in these troubled times what it means to be an American, \u003ci\u003eYou, the People\u003c\/i\u003e provides perspective by casting its eye over the answers given by past U.S. presidents in their addresses to the public. Who is an American, and who is not?\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd yet, as Vanessa Beasley demonstrates in this eloquent exploration of a century of presidential speeches, the questions are not new. Since the Founders first identified the nation as \"we, the people,\" the faces and accents of U.S. citizens have changed dramatically due to immigration and other constitutive changes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eU.S. presidents have often spoken as if there were one monolithic American people. Here Beasley traces rhetorical constructions of American national identity in presidents' inaugural addresses and state of the union messages from 1885 through 2000. She argues convincingly that while the demographics of the voting citizenry changed rapidly during this period, presidential definitions of American national identity did not. Chief executives have consistently employed a rhetoric of American nationalism that is simultaneously inclusive and exclusive; Beasley examines both the genius and the limitations of this language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eVANESSA B. BEASLEY is an associate professor of communication studies at Vanderbilt University. She is also the editor of \u003ci\u003eWho Belongs in America? Presidents, Rhetoric, and Immigration, \u003c\/i\u003epublished in 2006 by Texas A\u0026amp;M University Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 17, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52695575429427,"sku":"9781603442985","price":40.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/VEhzYWMyYUowT1dxYUNMVHVKeTQwdz09.webp?v=1763092834","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/you-the-people-american-national-identity-in-presidential-rhetoric-volume-10-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}