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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gold, David, 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching--United States--History--19th century.

English language.

English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching--United States--History--20th century.

Report writing--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States--History.

Report writing.

Education, Higher--United States--History.

Education, Higher.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-190) and index.

ISBN:

1-299-45466-6

0-8093-8725-5

1-4356-6358-6

OCLC:

856870415