Proverbs Are The Best Policy: Folk Wisdom And American Politics Book

Contents
Acknowledgments 000
Introduction 000
1. "Different Strokes for Different Folks":
American Proverbs as an International, National, and Global Phenomenon 000
2. "Government of the People, by the People, for the People"
The Making and Meaning of an American Proverb about
Democracy 000

3. "God Helps Them Who Help Themselves"
Proverbial Resolve in the Letters of Abigail Adams 000
4. "A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand"
From Biblical Proverb to Abraham Lincoln and Beyond 000
5. "Do Unto Others as You Would Have Them Do Unto You"
Frederick Douglass's Proverbial Struggle for Civil Rights 000
6. "It's Not a President's Business to Catch Flies"
Proverbial Rhetoric in Presidential Inaugural Addresses 000
7. "We Are All in the Same Boat Now"
Proverbial Discourse in the Churchill-Roosevelt
Correspondence 000
8. "Good Fences Make Good Neighbors"
The Sociopolitical Significance of an Ambiguous Proverb 000
Notes 000
Bibliography 000
Name Index 000
Subject Index 000
Key Word Index of Proverbs 000