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The Rhetorical Rise and Demise of Democracy in Russian Political Discourse

Volume 1. the Path from Disaster Toward Russian Democracy

By: David Cratis Williams,Marilyn J. Young,Michael K. Launer

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The Rhetorical Rise and Demise of Democracy in Russian Political Discourse

Volume 1. the Path from Disaster Toward Russian Democracy

By: David Cratis Williams,Marilyn J. Young,Michael K. Launer

The 1983 shootdown of KAL 007 and the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident dramatically changed the Soviet Union in unpredictable ways. The Communist Party, which struggled to maintain control of political messaging after the KAL crisis, lost control in the aftermath of Chernobyl.

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1644697327

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The Rhetorical Rise and Demise of “Democracy” in Russian Political Discourse, Volume 3

Vladimir Putin and the Redefinition of “Democracy” – 2000-2008

By: David Cratis Williams,Marilyn J. Young,Michael K. Launer

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The Rhetorical Rise and Demise of “Democracy” in Russian Political Discourse, Volume 3

Vladimir Putin and the Redefinition of “Democracy” – 2000-2008

By: David Cratis Williams,Marilyn J. Young,Michael K. Launer

In Volume Three of this four-volume series, we examine the rhetorical development that occurred during the first two terms of Vladimir Putin’s tenure as president of the Russian Federation. Initially, Putin appeared to follow in the path set by his predecessor, Boris Yeltsin, vowing that Russia was, at heart, a European nation and would be a westward facing democracy going forward. He even mentioned partnering with the EU and NATO. Eight years later, at the 2007 Munich Security Conference, Putin excoriated the West for, in his words, attempting to create a “unipolar world” in which NATO expansion threatened Russia’s security, the United States acted as the world’s sole “hegemon,” and Europe simply followed orders, relinquishing any sense of agency in its own affairs.

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9798887193588

Two Worlds in the Tennessee Mountains

Exploring the Origins of Appalachian Stereotypes

By: David C. Hsiung

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Two Worlds in the Tennessee Mountains

Exploring the Origins of Appalachian Stereotypes

By: David C. Hsiung

Most Americans know Appalachia through stereotyped images: moonshine and handicrafts, poverty and illiteracy, rugged terrain and isolated mountaineers. Historian David Hsiung maintains that in order to understand the origins of such stereotypes, we must look critically at their underlying concepts, especially those of isolation and community. Hsiung focuses on the mountainous area of upper East Tennessee, tracing this area's development from the first settlementin the eighteenth century to the eve of the Civil War. Through his examination, he identifies the different ways in which the region's inhabitants were connected to or separated from other peoples and places. Using an interdisciplinary framework, he analyzes geographical and sociocultural isolation from a number of perspectives, including transportation networks, changing economy, population movement, and topography. This provocative work will stimulate future studies of early Appalachia and serve as a model for the analysis of regional cultures.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813194172

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The Rhetorical Rise and Demise of “Democracy” in Russian Political Discourse, Vol I

The Promise of “Democracy” during the Yeltsin Years

By: David Cratis Williams,Marilyn J. Young,Michael K. Launer

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The Rhetorical Rise and Demise of “Democracy” in Russian Political Discourse, Vol I

The Promise of “Democracy” during the Yeltsin Years

By: David Cratis Williams,Marilyn J. Young,Michael K. Launer

Post-Soviet Russia in the 1990s saw a surge in civic participation. The traditional power structure officially relinquished control of political rhetoric and a nascent civil society had begun to emerge. Free elections and political partisanship between reformist and conservative elements of Russian society, spurred on by Russia’s economic troubles, gave a “Wild West” tenor to public rhetoric that was reflected in the election campaigns of 1993, 1995, and 1996. In this volume, the authors examine, through a series of contemporaneously written essays, the arc of government rhetoric during the height of media freedom, the quest for a new national identity, and the struggle for self-government.

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1644696525

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The Rhetorical Rise and Demise of “Democracy” in Russian Political Discourse, Vol I

The Path from Disaster toward Russian “Democracy”

By: David Cratis Williams,Marilyn J. Young,Michael K. Launer

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The Rhetorical Rise and Demise of “Democracy” in Russian Political Discourse, Vol I

The Path from Disaster toward Russian “Democracy”

By: David Cratis Williams,Marilyn J. Young,Michael K. Launer

The essays in this book examine the arguments and rhetoric used by the United States and the USSR following two catastrophes that impacted both countries, as blame is cast and consequences are debated. In this environment, it was perhaps inevitable that conspiracy theories would arise, especially about the downing of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 over the Sea of Japan. Those theories are examined, resulting in at least one method for addressing conspiracy arguments. In the case of Chernobyl, the disaster ruptured the “social compact” between the Soviet government and the people; efforts to overcome the resulting disillusionment quickly became the focus of state efforts.

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1644697343

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A College For Appalachia

Alice Lloyd on Caney Creek

By: P. David Searles

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A College For Appalachia

Alice Lloyd on Caney Creek

By: P. David Searles

Alice Spencer Geddes Lloyd was a New England woman with a mission in life. In 1916 she settled on Caney Creek in Eastern Kentucky, determined to bring higher education to this remote corner of Appalachia. The school she founded, now Alice Lloyd College, continues to serve the area and its people and to stand as a tribute to Lloyd's remarkable energy, determination, and vision. Lloyd's program combined a rigorous academic curriculum with an intense effort to instill a sense of service in the school's graduates. This education was provided free and required only that the students abide by Lloyd's strict rules of conduct and pledge to remain in the mountains after graduating. In the first full-scale study of Lloyd's life and work and the institution she founded, David Searles shows how this courageous and complex woman struggled throughout her long life against seemingly insurmountable odds to create an institution dedicated to improving life in Appalachia. But, as he acknowledges, Lloyd's fundraising activities relied on harmful stereotypes that caused resentment among her mountain neighbors, and she often angered others working in the mountains. Despite the negative aspects of Lloyd's activities, Searles casts serious doubt on the now fashionable conclusion that the women who came to the mountains to do good created more problems than they solved. Lloyd's story, he argues, demonstrates that much good was indeed accomplished and that the people of the mountains recognized and appreciated her achievement.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813183197

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All That Is Native and Fine

The Politics of Culture in an American Region

By: David E. Whisnant

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All That Is Native and Fine

The Politics of Culture in an American Region

By: David E. Whisnant

In the American imagination, "Appalachia" designates more than a geographical region. It evokes fiddle tunes, patchwork quilts, split-rail fences, and all the other artifacts that decorate a cherished romantic region in the American mind. In this classic work, David Whisnant challenges this view of Appalachia (and consequently a broader imaginative tendency) by exploring connections between the comforting simplicity of cultural myth and the troublesome complexities of cultural history. Looking at the work of ballad hunters and collectors, folk and settlement school founders, folk festival promoters, and other culture workers, Whisnant examines a process of intentional and systematic cultural intervention that had--and still has--far-reaching consequences. He opens the way into a more sophisticated understanding of the politics of culture in Appalachia and other regions. In a new foreword for this twenty-fifth anniversary edition, Whisnant reflects on how he came to write this book, how readers responded to it, and how some of its central concerns have animated his later work.

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UNC Press Books

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1469649381

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The Spirit of the Mountains

By: Emma Bell Miles,David E. Whisnant,Roger D. Abrahams

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The Spirit of the Mountains

By: Emma Bell Miles,David E. Whisnant,Roger D. Abrahams

A classic account of mountain life, accurately portraying the people and lore of the Cumberland Mountains. Miles' familiarity with the mountain people--and her perception of the importance of women, especially older women--allows her to illustrate their way of life in a personal and realistic manner ". . . gives us an extraordinary insight into the personal relationships of the mountain lore, signs, rhymes, omens, tales, even the development of the mountain music. She presents the strength of religious beliefs along with the emotionalism and simplistic tradition of 'the old-time religion.'" --The Southern Quarterly . Emma Bell Miles (1879-1919) also wrote numerous poems and short stories that appeared in such publications of the period as Harpers Monthly, Century, and Lippincott's.

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Univ. of Tennessee Press

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0870494651

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The Rhetorical Rise and Demise of “Democracy” in Russian Political Discourse, Vol I

The Promise of “Democracy” during the Yeltsin Years

By: David Cratis Williams,Marilyn J. Young,Michael K. Launer

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The Rhetorical Rise and Demise of “Democracy” in Russian Political Discourse, Vol I

The Promise of “Democracy” during the Yeltsin Years

By: David Cratis Williams,Marilyn J. Young,Michael K. Launer

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The Rhetorical Rise and Demise of “Democracy” in Russian Political Discourse, Volume 3

Vladimir Putin and the Redefinition of “Democracy” – 2000-2008

By: David Cratis Williams,Marilyn J. Young,Michael K. Launer

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The Rhetorical Rise and Demise of “Democracy” in Russian Political Discourse, Volume 3

Vladimir Putin and the Redefinition of “Democracy” – 2000-2008

By: David Cratis Williams,Marilyn J. Young,Michael K. Launer

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The Rhetorical Rise and Demise of Democracy in Russian Political Discourse

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Two Worlds in the Tennessee Mountains

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All That Is Native and Fine

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