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John Quincy Adams and the politics of slavery : selections from the diary / / David Waldstreicher, Matthew Mason
John Quincy Adams and the politics of slavery : selections from the diary / / David Waldstreicher, Matthew Mason
Autore Waldstreicher David
Pubbl/distr/stampa Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2017
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (337 pages)
Disciplina 973.5/5092
Soggetto topico Slavery - Political aspects - United States - History - 19th century
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 0-19-994796-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910465919503321
Waldstreicher David  
Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2017
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John Quincy Adams and the politics of slavery : selections from the diary / / David Waldstreicher, Matthew Mason
John Quincy Adams and the politics of slavery : selections from the diary / / David Waldstreicher, Matthew Mason
Autore Waldstreicher David
Pubbl/distr/stampa Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2017
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (337 pages)
Disciplina 973.5/5092
Soggetto topico Slavery - Political aspects - United States - History - 19th century
ISBN 0-19-062461-2
0-19-994796-1
Classificazione HIS036040HIS036030
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Rising Son of the Young Republic (1785-1809) -- Chapter 2: American Diplomat (1809-17) -- Chapter 3: Secretary of State (1817-24) -- Chapter 4: The Making and Unmaking of a President (1824-29) -- Chapter 5: The Making of an Antislavery Congressman (1829-36) -- Chapter 6: Antislavery Whig Congressman (1836-46) -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910798709303321
Waldstreicher David  
Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2017
Materiale a stampa
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John Quincy Adams and the politics of slavery : selections from the diary / / David Waldstreicher, Matthew Mason
John Quincy Adams and the politics of slavery : selections from the diary / / David Waldstreicher, Matthew Mason
Autore Waldstreicher David
Pubbl/distr/stampa Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2017
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (337 pages)
Disciplina 973.5/5092
Soggetto topico Slavery - Political aspects - United States - History - 19th century
ISBN 0-19-062461-2
0-19-994796-1
Classificazione HIS036040HIS036030
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Rising Son of the Young Republic (1785-1809) -- Chapter 2: American Diplomat (1809-17) -- Chapter 3: Secretary of State (1817-24) -- Chapter 4: The Making and Unmaking of a President (1824-29) -- Chapter 5: The Making of an Antislavery Congressman (1829-36) -- Chapter 6: Antislavery Whig Congressman (1836-46) -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910813452103321
Waldstreicher David  
Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2017
Materiale a stampa
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The passionate empiricist [[electronic resource] ] : the eloquence of John Quincy Adams in the service of science / / Marlana Portolano
The passionate empiricist [[electronic resource] ] : the eloquence of John Quincy Adams in the service of science / / Marlana Portolano
Autore Portolano Marlana
Pubbl/distr/stampa Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2009
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (249 p.)
Disciplina 973.5/5092
Soggetto topico Eloquence
Science - Political aspects - United States - History
Science - Social aspects - United States - History
Science and state - United States - History
Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States - History
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 0-7914-7713-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ""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""
Record Nr. UNINA-9910452411803321
Portolano Marlana  
Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2009
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
The passionate empiricist [[electronic resource] ] : the eloquence of John Quincy Adams in the service of science / / Marlana Portolano
The passionate empiricist [[electronic resource] ] : the eloquence of John Quincy Adams in the service of science / / Marlana Portolano
Autore Portolano Marlana
Pubbl/distr/stampa Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2009
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (249 p.)
Disciplina 973.5/5092
Soggetto topico Eloquence
Science - Political aspects - United States - History
Science - Social aspects - United States - History
Science and state - United States - History
Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States - History
ISBN 0-7914-7713-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ""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""
Record Nr. UNINA-9910779141103321
Portolano Marlana  
Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2009
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
The passionate empiricist [[electronic resource] ] : the eloquence of John Quincy Adams in the service of science / / Marlana Portolano
The passionate empiricist [[electronic resource] ] : the eloquence of John Quincy Adams in the service of science / / Marlana Portolano
Autore Portolano Marlana
Pubbl/distr/stampa Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2009
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (249 p.)
Disciplina 973.5/5092
Soggetto topico Eloquence
Science - Political aspects - United States - History
Science - Social aspects - United States - History
Science and state - United States - History
Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States - History
ISBN 0-7914-7713-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ""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""
Record Nr. UNINA-9910825059703321
Portolano Marlana  
Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2009
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
A traveled first lady : writings of Louisa Catherine Adams / / edited by Margaret A. Hogan and C. James Taylor ; foreword by Laura Bush ; designed by Dean Bornstein
A traveled first lady : writings of Louisa Catherine Adams / / edited by Margaret A. Hogan and C. James Taylor ; foreword by Laura Bush ; designed by Dean Bornstein
Autore Adams Louisa Catherine
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cambridge, England ; ; London, England : , : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, , 2014
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (416 p.)
Disciplina 973.5/5092
Altri autori (Persone) HoganMargaret A
TaylorC. James <1945->
BushLaura Welch <1946->
BornsteinDean
Soggetto topico Presidents' spouses - United States
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 0-674-36928-9
0-674-36927-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword / Bush, Laura -- Introduction -- Note to the Reader -- 1. "All Was Joy and Peace and Love": Youth -- 2. "An Object of General Attention": Prussia -- 3. "Had I Stepped into Noah's Ark": United States -- 4. "The Savage Had Been Expected": Russia -- 5. "The Memory of One, Who Was": St. Petersburg to Paris -- 6. "The Wife of a Man of Superior Talents": Washington, D.C., 1819-1820 -- 7. "I Am a Very Good Diplomate": Washington, D.C., 1821-1824 -- 8. "This Apparent Fate": Retirement -- Epilogue: Henry Adams on Louisa -- Chronology -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910465058603321
Adams Louisa Catherine  
Cambridge, England ; ; London, England : , : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, , 2014
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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A travelled first lady : writings of Louisa Catherine Adams / / edited by Margaret A. Hogan and C. James Taylor ; foreword by Laura Bush ; designed by Dean Bornstein
A travelled first lady : writings of Louisa Catherine Adams / / edited by Margaret A. Hogan and C. James Taylor ; foreword by Laura Bush ; designed by Dean Bornstein
Autore Adams Louisa Catherine
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cambridge, England ; ; London, England : , : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, , 2014
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (416 p.)
Disciplina 973.5/5092
Altri autori (Persone) HoganMargaret A
TaylorC. James <1945->
BushLaura Welch <1946->
BornsteinDean
Soggetto topico Presidents' spouses - United States
ISBN 0-674-36928-9
0-674-36927-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword / Bush, Laura -- Introduction -- Note to the Reader -- 1. "All Was Joy and Peace and Love": Youth -- 2. "An Object of General Attention": Prussia -- 3. "Had I Stepped into Noah's Ark": United States -- 4. "The Savage Had Been Expected": Russia -- 5. "The Memory of One, Who Was": St. Petersburg to Paris -- 6. "The Wife of a Man of Superior Talents": Washington, D.C., 1819-1820 -- 7. "I Am a Very Good Diplomate": Washington, D.C., 1821-1824 -- 8. "This Apparent Fate": Retirement -- Epilogue: Henry Adams on Louisa -- Chronology -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910789393403321
Adams Louisa Catherine  
Cambridge, England ; ; London, England : , : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, , 2014
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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A travelled first lady : writings of Louisa Catherine Adams / / edited by Margaret A. Hogan and C. James Taylor ; foreword by Laura Bush ; designed by Dean Bornstein
A travelled first lady : writings of Louisa Catherine Adams / / edited by Margaret A. Hogan and C. James Taylor ; foreword by Laura Bush ; designed by Dean Bornstein
Autore Adams Louisa Catherine
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cambridge, England ; ; London, England : , : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, , 2014
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (416 p.)
Disciplina 973.5/5092
Altri autori (Persone) HoganMargaret A
TaylorC. James <1945->
BushLaura Welch <1946->
BornsteinDean
Soggetto topico Presidents' spouses - United States
ISBN 0-674-36928-9
0-674-36927-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword / Bush, Laura -- Introduction -- Note to the Reader -- 1. "All Was Joy and Peace and Love": Youth -- 2. "An Object of General Attention": Prussia -- 3. "Had I Stepped into Noah's Ark": United States -- 4. "The Savage Had Been Expected": Russia -- 5. "The Memory of One, Who Was": St. Petersburg to Paris -- 6. "The Wife of a Man of Superior Talents": Washington, D.C., 1819-1820 -- 7. "I Am a Very Good Diplomate": Washington, D.C., 1821-1824 -- 8. "This Apparent Fate": Retirement -- Epilogue: Henry Adams on Louisa -- Chronology -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910811824003321
Adams Louisa Catherine  
Cambridge, England ; ; London, England : , : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, , 2014
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