Between Education and Propaganda: Public Controversy Over Presidential Library Design
@article{Mitchell2008BetweenEA, title={Between Education and Propaganda: Public Controversy Over Presidential Library Design}, author={Gordon R. Mitchell and Jennifer P. Kirk}, journal={Argumentation and Advocacy}, year={2008}, volume={44}, pages={213 - 230} }
While there is abundant scholarship on extant presidential libraries, rejected presidential library proposals are comparatively understudied. Here, we analyze the public controversies surrounding Richard Nixon's and Ronald Reagan's ill-fated plans for housing their presidential libraries at Duke and Stanford Universities, respectively. These parallel cases offer a glimpse into what Thomas Farrell terms “social knowledge in controversy” — episodes where prevailing social precedents governing…
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