Representative American speeches, 1984-1985
By: edited by Owen Peterson
Series: The Reference shelf -- v. 57, no. 3; Reference shelf -- v. 57, no. 3.
Publisher: H.W. Wilson
Published: 1984
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Politics and government; Sources; Oratory
Description: Contains primary source material.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Democracy's most important right: to vote / Leonard H. Goldenson; title: Political action committees: a threat to democratic government / Fred Wertheimer; title: A case for the Democrats, 1984: a tale of two cities / Mario M. Cuomo; title: Second inaugural address / Ronald W. Reagan; title: How fares the first amendment? / Franklyn S. Haiman; title: Presidential appointments to the Supreme Court / William H. Rehnquist; title: A plea for corporate responsibility / Miles W. Lord; title: A "notion" at risk: the greater crisis in American education / Jeffrey R. Holland; title: Hope, vision, and dedication: the future of American education / Ernest L. Boyer; title: The humanities and the defense of a free society / Sidney Hook; title: Redefining our problems with the  Soviet Union / Daniel Patrick Moynihan; title: Terrorism and the modern world / George P. Shultz; title: Days of remembrance / Elie Wiesel; title: Harry S. Truman / Alan Wheat; title: The remarkable man from Missouri: Harry S. Truman / Margaret Truman Daniel; title: Eleanor Roosevelt / Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.; title: The fact of poverty today: a challenge for the church / Joseph Cardinal Bernardin; title: The new migration / Franklin A. Thomas; title: Does TV have the courage to pioneer a new commercial ethic? / Norman Lear; title: Rekindling the commitment to civic responsibility / Charles S. Robb.