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The passionate empiricist : the eloquence of John Quincy Adams in the service of science / Marlana Portolano.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Portolano, Marlana.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848--Oratory.
- Adams, John Quincy.
- Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848--Language.
- Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848.
- Eloquence--Case studies.
- Eloquence.
- Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848--Political and social views.
- Science--Political aspects--United States--History.
- Science.
- Science--Social aspects--United States--History.
- Science and state--United States--History.
- Science and state.
- Rhetoric--Political aspects.
- History.
- Science--Social aspects.
- Science--Political aspects.
- Political and social views.
- Oratory.
- United States.
- Rhetoric--Political aspects--United States--History.
- Rhetoric.
- United States--Politics and government--1815-1861.
- Politics and government.
- United States--Intellectual life--1783-1865.
- Intellectual life.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 231 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, [2009]
- Contents:
- A classical voice for American science
- An American Cicero
- Toward a democratic science : institution-building and the statesman orator
- Increase and diffusion of knowledge : setting the stage for the Smithsonian debate
- Adams's arguments in the Smithsonian debate : a rhetorical analysis
- The queen of sciences and her democratic champion : Adams's promotion of astronomy
- Invention and discovery, rhetorically speaking.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-227) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780791476994
- 0791476995
- OCLC:
- 226389289
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