The President Electric: Ronald Reagan and the Politics of Performance

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Copyright © by the University of Michigan 2009 All rights reserved Published in the United States of America by The University of Michigan Press Manufactured in the United States of America c Printed on acid-free paper 2012 2011 2010 2009 4 3 2 1 No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, or otherwise, without the written permission of the publisher. A CIP catalog record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Raphael, Timothy. The president electric : Ronald Reagan and the politics of performance / Timothy Raphael. p. cm. — (Theater : theory/text/performance) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-472-07073-2 (cloth : alk. paper) — isbn 978-0-472-05073-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Reagan, Ronald. I. Title. e877.2.r35 2009 973.927092—dc22 2009024927 ISBN-13 978-0-472-02663-0 (electronic) For Kim ...