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Rhetorical style and bourgeois virtue : capitalism and civil society in the British Enlightenment / Mark Garrett Longaker.
De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Longaker, Mark Garrett, 1974- author.
- Series:
- RSA series in transdisciplinary rhetoric.
- The RSA series in transdisciplinary rhetoric
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Locke, John, 1632-1704.
- Locke, John.
- Smith, Adam, 1723-1790.
- Smith, Adam.
- Blair, Hugh, 1718-1800.
- Blair, Hugh.
- Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903.
- Spencer, Herbert.
- Capitalism--Moral and ethical aspects--Great Britain--History.
- Capitalism.
- Rhetoric--Great Britain--History.
- Rhetoric.
- Enlightenment--Great Britain.
- Enlightenment.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (170 pages )
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Focuses on the writings of John Locke, Adam Smith, Hugh Blair, and Herbert Spencer to explore how the discipline of rhetoric connected the economics and ethics of capitalism from the British Enlightenment through the nineteenth century"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations for Frequently Cited Works
- Definitions and Introductions
- 1 John Locke on Clarity
- 2 Adam Smith on Probity
- 3 Hugh Blair on Moderation
- 4 Herbert Spencer on Economy
- Conclusions and Provocations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780271074795
- 0271074795
- OCLC:
- 966879955
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