The New Deal era is hard to define with precisionin time or in ideology. Some historians use New Deal to designate the intense period of domestic reform legislation of the first Franklin Delano Roosevelt administration, 193337. Others confine discussion of the era to the legislation of 1933, and identify another wave of legislation in 1935 as a Second New Deal. Most of the essays in this book focus on the prewar period, with glimpses that look forward to the rhetoric of the approach to and engagement in World War II."
The New Deal era is hard to define with precisionin time or in ideology. Some historians use New Deal to designate the intense period of domestic ...
"The Rhetoric of the New Political Documentary" explores the most visible and volatile element in the 2004 presidential campaignthe partisan documentary film. This collection of original critical essays by leading scholars and criticsincluding Shawn J. and Trevor Parry-Giles, Jennifer L. Borda, and Martin J. Medhurstanalyzes a selection of political documentaries that appeared during the 2004 election season. The editors examine the new political documentary with the tools of rhetorical criticism, combining close textual analysis with a consideration of the historical context and the...
"The Rhetoric of the New Political Documentary" explores the most visible and volatile element in the 2004 presidential campaignthe partisan documenta...
