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This essay uses the specter of Mexican presidential rhetoric (specifically, Plutarco Elías Calles’ 1928 informe) to remark on the nationalistic limitations of U.S. presidential rhetoric scholarship as a whole. Such limitations can lead to possible mis- and under-readings that can hinder the applicability of U.S. scholarship to other “American” places. These observations are then followed by a reading of Calles’ informe that argues for a wider hemispheric approach to our understanding of “American” presidential rhetoric. Such an approach aims to push our collective gaze beyond the territory of the United States to the point where the rhetorical histories of Latin America rub uncomfortably but productively against our own U.S.-centrism.

Research Article| January 01 2009 “A Nation of Institutions and Laws”: Plutarco Elias Calles and the Presidential Rhetoric of the Mexican Revolution René Agustín De los Santos René Agustín De los Santos Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Advances in the History of Rhetoric (2009) 11-12 (1): 263–294. https://doi.org/10.1080/15362426.2009.10597387 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation René Agustín De los Santos; “A Nation of Institutions and Laws”: Plutarco Elias Calles and the Presidential Rhetoric of the Mexican Revolution. Advances in the History of Rhetoric 1 January 2009; 11-12 (1): 263–294. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/15362426.2009.10597387 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectivePenn State University PressJournal for the History of Rhetoric Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright © 2010 by the American Society for the History of Rhetoric2010the American Society for the History of Rhetoric Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.