Free Download Sean Scalmer, "On the Stump: Campaign Oratory and Democracy in the United States, Britain, and Australia"
English | ISBN: 1439915032 | 2017 | 212 pages | PDF | 2 MB
"Stumping," or making political speeches in favor of a candidate, cause, or campaign has been around since before the 1800s, when speechmaking was frequently portrayed as delivered from the base of a tree. The practice, which has been strongly associated with the American frontier, British agitators, and colonial Australia, remains an effective component of contemporary democratic politics.