Rhetoric at the margins [[electronic resource] ] : revising the history of writing instruction in American colleges, 1873-1947 / / David Gold

• Autore: Gold David <1966->
• Pubblicazione: Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (218 p.)
• Disciplina: 808/.042071173
• Soggetto topico: English language - Rhetoric - Study and teaching - United States - History - 19th century; English language - Rhetoric - Study and teaching - United States - History - 20th century; Report writing - Study and teaching (Higher) - United States - History; Education, Higher - United States - History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-190) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Integrating Traditions at a Private Black College; 2. Balancing Tensions at a Public Women's University; 3. Challenging Orthodoxies at a Rural Normal College; Conclusion; Chronology; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Author Bio; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: Rhetoric at the Margins: Revising the History of Writing Instruction in American Colleges, 1873-1947 examines the rhetorical education of African American, female, and working-class college students in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The rich case studies in this work encourage a reconceptualization of both the history of rhetoric and composition and the ways we make use of it. Author David Gold uses archival materials to study three types of institutions historicall
• Titolo autorizzato: Rhetoric at the margins
• ISBN: 1-299-45466-6; 0-8093-8725-5; 1-4356-6358-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454070403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II