The Anti-Intellectual Presidency: The Decline of Presidential Rhetoric from George Washington to George W. Bush (Inscribed First Edition)

New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. First edition, first printing, with full number line including the 1. Hardcover. Quarter red cloth over cream paper-covered boards, with gilt lettering to spine. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Publisher's original price of $24.95 intact on front jacket flap. Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. A tight, clean copy. Octavo, 178 pages, including index. An analysis of the decline of substantive presidential rhetoric in American political life, contrasting the intellectually engaged speeches of past presidents with the soundbite-driven style of the modern era. Elvin Lim is a professor of political science whose scholarship focuses on the American presidency and constitutional interpretation. This is his first book. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on the half title page to the prior owner.