03431nam 2200685 a 450 991045152830332120200520144314.00-8173-8139-2(CKB)1000000000483492(EBL)438198(OCoLC)213087974(SSID)ssj0000237974(PQKBManifestationID)11186969(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000237974(PQKBWorkID)10221899(PQKB)10533578(MiAaPQ)EBC438198(MdBmJHUP)muse8675(Au-PeEL)EBL438198(CaPaEBR)ebr10218381(EXLCZ)99100000000048349220060606d2007 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRhetoric and the republic[electronic resource] politics, civic discourse, and education in early America /Mark Garrett LongakerTuscaloosa, Ala. University of Alabama Pressc20071 online resource (290 p.)Rhetoric, culture, and social critiqueDescription based upon print version of record.0-8173-1547-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-262) and index.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; IndexCasts 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 higherRhetoric, culture, and social critique.English languageRhetoricStudy and teachingUnited StatesRhetoricStudy and teachingUnited StatesRhetoricPolitical aspectsUnited StatesEnglish languageUnited StatesRhetoricRhetoricSocial aspectsUnited StatesEducation, HigherUnited StatesHistory18th centuryUnited StatesHistoryColonial period, ca. 1600-1775Electronic books.English languageRhetoricStudy and teachingRhetoricStudy and teachingRhetoricPolitical aspectsEnglish languageRhetoric.RhetoricSocial aspectsEducation, HigherHistory808.0071/173Longaker Mark Garrett1974-950541MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451528303321Rhetoric and the republic2481696UNINA