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Talking right : how conservatives turned liberalism into a tax-raising, latte-drinking, sushi-eating, Volvo-driving, New York times-reading, body-piercing, Hollywood-loving, left-wing freak show / Geoffrey Nunberg.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781586483869
  • ISBN: 1586483862
  • Physical Description: vi, 264 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : PublicAffairs, [2006]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-254) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Chapter 1 A Loss for Words 7 -- Chapter 2 Shadow of Language 19 -- Chapter 3 Trashing the L-word 41 -- Chapter 4 Class Dismissed 49 -- Chapter 5 Volvo Dodge 63 -- Chapter 6 Color Wars 73 -- Chapter 7 I Married an Elite 85 -- Chapter 8 "Values" Play 105 -- Chapter 9 On the Pavement, Thinking About the Government 121 -- Chapter 10 Old Bottles, New Whines 151 -- Chapter 11 War on "Truth" 169 -- Chapter 12 Is This a Great Country, or What? 187 -- Chapter 13 Conclusion: Tell Me a Story 201 -- A Note on the Word Counts in This Book 209.
Subject: English language > Political aspects > United States.
English language > Social aspects > United States.
English language > United States > Semantics.
English language > United States > Usage.
Political science > Terminology.
Genre: Dictionaries.

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