LEADER 00000cam a2200517 i 4500 001 on1080556147 003 OCoLC 005 20210219093917.1 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 181226s2019 inu ob 001 0 eng 020 9780253040367|q(electronic book) 020 0253040361|q(electronic book) 020 9780253040374|q(electronic book) 020 025304037X|q(electronic book) 020 |z9780253040350 035 (OCoLC)1080556147|z(OCoLC)1091190791 040 DLC|beng|erda|epn|cDLC|dOCLCO|dOCLCF|dOCL|dYDX|dN$T|dJSTOR |dEBLCP|dMERER|dYDX|dOCLCQ|dRECBK|dOCLCQ|dMM9|dP@U 049 MAIN 050 14 E183|b.M54 2019 082 00 320.973|223 100 1 Mieder, Wolfgang,|eauthor.|0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/ names/n50031374 245 10 "Right makes might" :|bproverbs and the American worldview /|cWolfgang Mieder. 264 1 Bloomington, Indiana, USA :|bIndiana University Press, |c[2019] 300 1 online resource 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 505 0 Introduction : ruminations on authentically American proverbs -- "Let us have faith that right makes might" : proverbial rhetoric in decisive moments of American politics -- "These are the times that try women's souls" : the proverbial rhetoric for women's rights by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony -- "The American people rose to the occasion" : a proverbial retrospective of the Marshall Plan after seventy years -- "Making a way out of no way" : Martin Luther King's proverbial dream for human rights -- "Keep your eyes on the prize" : Congressman John Lewis's proverbial odyssey for civil rights -- "I'm absolutely sure about the golden rule" : Barack Obama's proverbial audacity of hope -- "Politics is not a spectator sport" : proverbs in the personal and political writings of Hillary Rodham Clinton -- "The rich get richer and the poor get poorer" : Bernie Sanders's proverbial rhetoric for an American sociopolitical revolution -- "M(R)ight makes r(m)ight" : the sociopolitical history of a contradictory proverb pair -- "All men are created equal" : from democratic claim to proverbial game -- "Laissez faire à Georges" and "Let George do it" : a case of paremiological polygenesis -- "To be (all) Greek to someone" : origin, history, and meaning of an English proverbial expression. 650 0 Proverbs, American|xHistory and criticism.|0http:// id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85107846 650 0 Proverbs|xPolitical aspects|zUnited States.|0http:// id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85107840 650 0 Political oratory|zUnited States|xHistory.|0http:// id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85104369 650 0 Rhetoric|xPolitical aspects|zUnited States|xHistory.|0http ://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007543 650 0 Politicians|zUnited States|xLanguage.|0http://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh85104461 650 0 National characteristics, American.|0http://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh85089950 651 0 United States|xPolitics and government|vMiscellanea.|0http ://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140480 651 0 United States|xPolitics and government|vQuotations, maxims, etc.|0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78095330-781 776 1 |iPrint version:|z9780253040343 776 08 |iPrint version:|aMieder, Wolfgang.|t"Right makes might". |dBloomington, Indiana, USA : Indiana University Press, [2019]|z9780253040343|w(DLC) 2018049711 856 40 |uhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvfc53pz 921 . 936 JSTOR-D-2020/21 940 MarcEdit processed 940 GU eBook standard