04864nam 2200733Ia 450 991096862890332120200520144314.09780791477137079147713410.1515/9780791477137(CKB)2550000000104501(EBL)3407501(SSID)ssj0000721446(PQKBManifestationID)11384238(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000721446(PQKBWorkID)10687104(PQKB)10030077(MiAaPQ)EBC3407501(Au-PeEL)EBL3407501(CaPaEBR)ebr10575927(OCoLC)802049423(DE-B1597)684279(DE-B1597)9780791477137(Perlego)2673057(EXLCZ)99255000000010450120080416d2009 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe passionate empiricist the eloquence of John Quincy Adams in the service of science /Marlana PortolanoAlbany State University of New York Pressc20091 online resource (249 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780791476994 0791476995 Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-227) and index.""The Passionate Empiricist""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1. A Classical Voice for American Science""; ""2. An American Cicero""; ""ADAMS THE PROFESSOR OF RHETORIC""; ""THE LECTURES ON RHETORIC: AN OUTLINE OF ADAMS'S THEORY""; ""COMPETING RHETORICAL TEACHINGS IN ADAMS'S TIME""; ""TWENTIETH-CENTURY RHETORICAL THEORY:AN AID FOR CONTEMPORARY READERS""; ""3.Toward a Democratic Science:Institution-Building and the Statesman Orator""; ""ADAMS'S EARLY DEVELOPMENT AS AN ORATOR FOR DEMOCRATIC SCIENCE""; ""THE PRESIDENCY AS PULPIT FOR SCIENCE""""APPEALING TO THE AUDIENCE: EARLY AMERICAN ATTITUDES TOWARD SCIENCE""""4. Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge:Setting the Stage for the Smithsonian Debate""; ""THE QUESTION OF JAMES SMITHSON'S INTENTIONS""; ""THE SMITHSONIAN AND THE ETHOS OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY""; ""EARLY SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS AS MODELS IN DELIBERATIVE RHETORIC""; ""THE SMITHSONIAN AS LOCUS FOR COMMON KNOWLEDGE""; ""AN IMPERIOUS AND INDISPENSABLE OBLIGATION""; ""THE STATE OF THE CONTROVERSY""; ""5. Adams's Arguments in the Smithsonian Debate: A Rhetorical Analysis""""AN INVENTIVE STAGE: LETTERS, LEARNED ADVICE,AND PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS""""ASHER ROBBINS AND THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY PLAN""; ""ADAMS'S REFUTATIONS AND HIS FIRST ARGUMENTS FOR AN OBSERVATORY""; ""TWO PARTICULAR AUDIENCES AND ADAMS'S ROLE AS IMPARTIAL JUDGE""; ""FINANCIAL DELAYS TO ACTION: CATCH THE BEAR BEFORE YOU SELL HIS SKIN""; ""RESISTANCE TO ARGUMENTATION""; ""ARGUMENTS FOR A NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND THE AGRICULTURAL INFLUENCE""; ""THE GRAND LIBRARY PLAN""; ""COMPROMISE""; ""6. The Queen of Sciences and Her Democratic Champion: Adams's Promotion of Astronomy""""ADAMS'S CONGRESSIONAL ARGUMENTS FOR AN OBSERVATORY""""ADAMS'S PUBLIC SPEAKING TOURS ON ASTRONOMY""; ""7.Invention and Discovery, Rhetorically Speaking""; ""APPENDIX A. The Will of James Smithson""; ""APPENDIX B. An Act to Establish the Smithsonian Institution as it Passed into Law on August 10, 1846""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""This book introduces readers to the role that classical oratory played in changing early American attitudes about pure scientific research. Marlana Portolano investigates the impact of John Quincy Adams's oratorical campaigns on the origins of government-funded science in America, with a special focus on his classical theory of rhetorical engagement and civic duty.EloquenceCase studiesSciencePolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistoryScienceSocial aspectsUnited StatesHistoryScience and stateUnited StatesHistoryRhetoricPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistoryUnited StatesPolitics and government1815-1861United StatesIntellectual life1783-1865EloquenceSciencePolitical aspectsHistory.ScienceSocial aspectsHistory.Science and stateHistory.RhetoricPolitical aspectsHistory.973.5/5092Portolano Marlana1805885MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910968628903321The passionate empiricist4354751UNINA03355nam 2200721Ia 450 991017098240332120251116173235.01-135-57989-X1-135-57990-31-280-31687-X0-203-90325-010.4324/9780203903254(CKB)1000000000253804(EBL)178431(OCoLC)50811005(SSID)ssj0000247626(PQKBManifestationID)11195647(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000247626(PQKBWorkID)10200136(PQKB)11080189(MiAaPQ)EBC178431(Au-PeEL)EBL178431(CaPaEBR)ebr10054617(CaONFJC)MIL31687(OCoLC)826516041(EXLCZ)99100000000025380419990419d1999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSocial rage emotion and cultural conflict /Bonnie Berry1st ed.New York Garland Publishing19991 online resource (285 p.)Garland reference library of social science ;v. 1187First published by Garland Publishing, Inc. in 1999.1-138-98227-X 0-8153-3089-8 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Cover; SOCIAL RAGE; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction to Social Rage; Chapter 2 The Measures and Meanings of Social Rage: Reality versus Perceptions; Chapter 3 Social Rage and the Survivalist Right; Chapter 4 Social Rage against Crime, Criminals, and Crime Control; Chapter 5 Social Rage and Minority Relations; Chapter 6 Social Rage and the Religious Fringe; Chapter 7 Social Rage and Politics; Chapter 8 Social Rage and the Media; Chapter 9 Social Rage: Summary, Final Thoughts, and RecommendationsAppendix A Field Notes, Tokyo Metropolitan UniversityAppendix B Bumper Sticker and Radio Talk-Show Surveys by Pacific Lutheran University Students; Author Index; Subject IndexThis book defines and describes the meaning of social rage by examining the influence of social forces such as economic conditions, population diversity and power shifts. The role of media, in particular its encouragement of social rage through sensationalism, is also handled in this book. The author apporaches the issue of social rage on both an individual and a collective level with the goal of revealing its motivations and its impact.Garland reference library of social science ;v. 1187.Polarization (Social sciences)United StatesSocial conflictUnited StatesAngerSocial aspectsUnited StatesAlienation (Social psychology)United StatesUnited StatesSocial conditions1980-Polarization (Social sciences)Social conflictAngerSocial aspectsAlienation (Social psychology)303.6/0973Berry Bonnie0MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910170982403321Social rage2203487UNINA