Proverbial democracy: government of the people, by the people, for the people
Auteur :
Mieder, Wolfgang
Éditeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
ISBN :
9783034365673
Date de publication :
16 avr. 2026
Dimensions :
21,0 x 14,8 cm
Poids :
125 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Suisse
In the Gettysburg Address of 1863, Abraham Lincoln famously declared that ‘government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth’. Since then the phrase has become the proverbial definition of American democracy. In this book, internationally renowned folklorist Wolfgang Mieder explains why and how this happened.