The anti-intellectual presidency: the decline of presidential rhetoric from George Washington to George W. Bush

Abstract

Preface Acknowledgments 1. The Problem of Presidential Rhetoric 2. Rhetorical Simplification and the Anti-intellectual Presidency 3. Creating the Anti-intellectual Presidency 4. Substantive Impoverishment and the Anti-intellectual Presidency 5. Institutionalizing the Anti-intellectual Presidency 6. Defending and Indicting the Anti-intellectual Presidency 7. Reforming the Anti-intellectual Presidency Appendix I: The General Inquirer (GI) Appendix II: Definitions of GI Categories Used Appendix III: Annual Messages, 1790-2006 Appendix IV: Inaugural Addresses, 1789-2005 Appendix V: Presidential Speechwriters Interviewed Appendix VI: The Flesch Readability Score