Proverbs Are the Best Policy: Folk Wisdom and American Politics by Wolfgang Mieder

Proverbs Are the Best Policy: Folk Wisdom and American Politics

Wolfgang Mieder

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nonfiction politics sociology
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Wolfgang Mieder, widely considered the world's greatest proverb scholar, here considers the role of proverbial speech on the American political stage from the Revolutionary War to the present. He begins his survey by discussing the origins and cha...

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