Language of Politics: Studies in Quantitative Semantics
New York: George W. Stewart, [1949].
Hardcover. Near fine in a good dust jacket. vii, 398 pp, clothbound. Near fine copy in a good price-clipped dust jacket that has chipping along the edges, front flap, and lower spine and some repairs on the verso. Warmly inscribed by Los Angeles antiquarian bookseller Jacob Zeitlin (1902-1987) “To my very dear / friend Lucien / who is still able to read / and capable of understanding this book! I waited too long. / Jake / Sept. 28, 1986.” Political scientist Lucien Marquis taught at Pitzer College and was a close friend of Zeitlin, with whom he did an oral history interview in the early 1970s. This book republishes some of the most important papers issued during World War II by the Experimental Division for the Study of Wartime Communication at the Library of Congress and also includes an introductory section by Lasswell composed of three chapters on the power and politics of language.
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Price: $75.00