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Autore |
Longaker Mark Garrett <1974-> |
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Rhetoric and the republic [[electronic resource] ] : politics, civic discourse, and education in early America / / Mark Garrett Longaker |
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Tuscaloosa, Ala., : University of Alabama Press, c2007 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (290 p.) |
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Collana |
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Rhetoric, culture, and social critique |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English language - Rhetoric - Study and teaching - United States |
Rhetoric - Study and teaching - United States |
Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States |
English language - United States - Rhetoric |
Rhetoric - Social aspects - United States |
Education, Higher - United States - History - 18th century |
United States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-262) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Now that We're Civic; 1. One Republic, Many Republicanisms: Early American Political Discourse and Publicity; 2. One Republic, Many Paideiai: Political Discourse, Publicity, and Education in Early America; 3. Yale 1701-1817; 4. King's College/Columbia and the College of Philadelphia/University of Pennsylvania, 1754-1800; 5. The College of New Jersey, 1746-1822; Conclusion: We Are All Republicans; Notes; Works Cited; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Casts a revealing light on modern cultural conflicts through the lens of rhetorical education.Contemporary efforts to revitalize the civic mission of higher education in America have revived an age-old republican tradition of teaching students to be responsible citizens, particularly through the study of rhetoric, composition, and oratory. This book examines the political, cultural, economic, and religious agendas that drove the various-and often conflicting-curricula and contrasting visions of what good citizenship entails. Mark Garrett Longaker argues that higher |
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