Democratic eloquence
Subtitle: the fight over popular speech in nineteenth-century America
By: Kenneth Cmiel.
Publisher: W. Morrow
Published: 1990
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
Subjects: English language  -- Spoken English  -- United States  -- History  -- 19th century; English language  -- United States  -- Usage  -- History  -- 19th century; Political oratory  -- United States  -- History  -- 19th century; English language  -- 19th century  -- Rhetoric; Americanisms  -- History  -- 19th century; United States  -- Popular culture  -- History  -- 19th century
Description: Tells the dramatic story of how Americans thought and worried about the English language between 1776 and 1900.
Notes: Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D.--University of Chicago, 1986).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-333) and index.