Words of a Century
The Top 100 American Speeches, 1900-1999
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 9 April 2009
- ISBN 9780195168051
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages704 pages
- Size 231x191x25 mm
- Weight 1066 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
Words of a Century presents an anthology of the top 100 speeches of the twentieth-century. The selections were determined in a nationwide survey of communication scholars, based on rhetorical artistry and historical impact. Reprinted in full, these authoritative texts are preceded by headnotes that place the speeches into historical context.
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This is an anthology of the top 100 American speeches of the twentieth century, as determined in the nationwide survey of communication scholars conducted at the end of 1999. Respondents were asked to judge speeches on two main criteria: rhetorical artistry and historical impact. The survey received considerable press coverage, and the website that houses the survey results gets hundreds of hits weekly. The major attraction of the book for an academic/higher education market - full, accurate texts of all 100 of the top speeches of the 20th century - should make it at least equally appealing for the trade market. It should remain the authoritative volume of 20th century speeches well into the 21st century.
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Editor's Introduction
The Century Begins
Russell Conwell, "Acres of Diamonds" 1900-1925
William Jennings Bryan, Against Imperialism Aug 8, 1900
Theodore Roosevelt, "The Man with the Muck-Rake" April 14, 1906
Eugene Debs, "The Issue" May 23, 1908
Woodrow Wilson, First Inaugural Address March 4, 1913
World War I, Dissent, and Woman's Suffrage
Anna Howard Shaw, "The Fundamental Principle of a Republic" June 21, 1915
Carrie Chapman Catt, "The Crisis" Sept. 7, 1916
Woodrow Wilson, War Message April 2, 1917
Emma Goldman Address to the Jury July 9, 1917
Robert La Follette, "Free Speech in Wartime" Oct 6, 1917
Carrie Chapman Catt, Address to the U.S. Congress Dec 13, 1917
Woodrow Wilson, The Fourteen Points Jan 8, 1918
Eugene Debs, Statement to the Court Sept 14, 1918
Crystal Eastman, "Now We Can Begin" Sept 10, 1919
Woodrow Wilson, Des Moines Address for the League of Nations Sept 6, 1919
Woodrow Wilson, Pueblo Address for the League of Nations Sept 25, 1919
The Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression
Clarence Darrow, Plea for Leopold and Loeb Aug 22, 23, and 25, 1924
Margaret Sanger, "The Children's Era" March 30, 1925
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Address to the Commonwealth Club Sept 23, 1932
Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address March 4, 1933
Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Fireside Chat March 12, 1933
Huey Long, "Every Man a King" Feb 23, 1934
Huey Long, "Share Our Wealth" March 7, 1935
John L. Lewis, "Labor and the Nation" Sept 3, 1937
Lou Gehrig, Farewell to Baseball July 4, 1939
World War II and the Emergence of the Cold War
Franklin D. Roosevelt, "The Arsenal of Democracy" Dec 29, 1940
Franklin D. Roosevelt, "The Four Freedoms" Jan 6, 1941
Franklin D. Roosevelt, War Message Dec 8, 1941
Harry S Truman, "The Truman Doctrine" March 12, 1947
George C. Marshall, "The Marshall Plan" June 5, 1947
Hubert H. Humphrey, "The Sunshine of Human Rights" July 14, 1948
Eleanor Roosevelt, "The Struggle for Human Rights" Sept 28, 1948
Eleanor Roosevelt, "Adoption of the Declaration of Human Rights" Dec 9, 1948
McCarthyism, Korea, and the Nuclear Era
Margaret Chase Smith, "Declaration of Conscience" June 1, 1950
William Faulkner, Nobel Prize Acceptance Dec 10, 1950
Douglas MacArthur, "Old Soldiers Never Die" April 19, 1951
Adlai Stevenson, Speech Accepting the Democratic Presidential Nomination July 26, 1952
Richard M. Nixon, "Checkers" Sept 23, 1952
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Statement at the Smith Act Trial Feb 2, 1953
Dwight D. Eisenhower, "Atoms for Peace" Dec 8, 1953
Joseph Welch, Defense of Fred Fisher at the Army-McCarthy Hearings June 9, 1954
The Age of Camelot
John F. Kennedy, Speech to the Houston Ministerial Association Sept 12, 1960
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Farewell Address Jan 17, 1961
John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address Jan 20, 1961
Newton W. Minow, "Television and the Public Interest" May 9, 1961
Douglas MacArthur, "Duty, Honor, Country" May 12, 1962
John F. Kennedy, Address to the Nation on the Cuban Missile Crisis Oct 10, 1962
John F. Kennedy, Speech at American University June 10, 1963
John F. Kennedy, "Civil Rights: A Moral Issue" June 11, 1963
John F. Kennedy, "Ich Bin ein Berliner" June 26, 1963
Race, Poverty, and Dissension
Martin Luther King, "I Have a Dream" Aug 28, 1963
Malcolm X, "Message to the Grassroots" Nov 10, 1963
Lyndon B. Johnson, "Let Us Continue" Nov 27, 1963
Malcolm X, "The Ballot or the Bullet" April 3, 1964
Lyndon B. Johnson, "The Great Society" May 22, 1964
Barry Goldwater, Speech Accepting the Republican Presidential Nomination July 16, 1964
Ronald Reagan, "A Time for Choosing" Oct 27, 1964
Mario Savio, "An End to History" Dec 2, 1964
Lyndon B. Johnson, "We Shall Overcome" March 15, 1965
Robert F. Kennedy, "Day of Affirmation" June 6, 1966
Stokely Carmichael, "Black Power" Oct 29, 1966
Vietnam and Other Discontents
Martin Luther King, Speech at Riverside Church April 4, 1967
Cesar Chavez, Speech on Ending His Fast March 10, 1968
Lyndon B. Johnson, Address on Not Seeking Reelection March 31, 1968
Martin Luther King, "I've Been to the Mountaintop" April 3, 1968
Robert F. Kennedy, Statement on the Assassination of Martin Luther King April 4, 1968
Edward M. Kennedy, Eulogy to Robert Kennedy June 8, 1968
Edward M. Kennedy, Speech on the Chappaquiddick Incident July 25, 1969
Richard M. Nixon, "The Great Silent Majority" Nov 3, 1969
Spiro S. Agnew, "Television News Coverage" Nov 13, 1969
John F. Kerry, "Vietnam Veterans Against the War" April 22, 1971
Richard M. Nixon, Address on the Cambodian Incursion April 30, 1970
Shirley Chisholm, For the Equal Rights Amendment Aug 10, 1970
Watergate and Its Aftermath
Barbara Jordan, Statement on the Articles of Impeachment July 25, 1974
Richard M. Nixon, Address Resigning the Presidency Aug 8, 1974
Gerald Ford, Address on Taking the Oath of Office Aug 9, 1974
Gerald Ford, Address to the Nation on Pardoning Richard M, Nixon Sept 8, 1974
Barbara Jordan, Keynote Address to the Democratic National Convention July 12, 1976
Jimmy Carter, "A Crisis of Confidence" July 15, 1979
Edward M. Kennedy, Address to the Democratic National Convention Aug 12, 1980
Conservatism, Liberalism, and the End of the Cold War
Ronald Reagan, First Inaugural Address, Jan 20, 1981
Ronald Reagan, "The Evil Empire" March 8, 1983
Ursula Le Guin, "A Left-Handed Commencement Address" May 22, 1983
Edward M. Kennedy, "Truth and Tolerance in America" Oct 3, 1983
Ronald Reagan, Address on the 40th Anniversary of D-Day June 6, 1984
Mario Cuomo, Keynote Address to the Democratic National Convention July 17, 1984
Jesse Jackson, Speech to the Democratic National Convention July 17, 1984
Geraldine Ferraro, Vice Presidential Acceptance Speech July 19, 1984
Mario Cuomo, "Religious Belief and Public Morality" Sept 13, 1984
Ronald Reagan, Address on the Challenger Explosion Jan 28, 1986
Ronald Reagan, Speech at the Brandenburg Gate June 12, 1987
Ann Richards, Keynote Address to the Democratic National Convention July 18, 1988
Jesse Jackson, Address to the Democratic National Convention July 20, 1988
The 1990s
Barbara Bush, Wellesley College Commencement Address June 1, 1990
Anita Hill, Statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee Oct 11, 1991
Elizabeth Glaser, Address on AIDS at the Democratic National Convention July 14, 1992
Mary Fisher, "A Whisper of AIDS" Aug 19, 1992
Bill Clinton, Speech for Victims of the Oklahoma City Bombing April 23, 1995
Hillary Clinton, "Women's Rights Are Human Rights" Sept 5, 1995
Elie Wiesel, "The Perils of Indifference" April 12, 1999
