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America's great age of rhetoric, 1770-1860 : advocacy, conceptualization, institutionalization / by Merrill D. Whitburn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Whitburn, Merrill, author.
- Series:
- International studies in the history of rhetoric ; v. 18.
- International studies in the history of rhetoric ; volume 18
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rhetoric--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States--History--18th century.
- Rhetoric.
- Rhetoric--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States--History--19th century.
- United States--Intellectual life--1783-1865.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 714 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2024]
- Contents:
- Pietism and the first great awakening : preludes to the rise of rhetoric
- Rhetoric at Yale
- Rhetoric at Harvard and its beginnings at Andover
- The further rise of rhetoric and importation of German learning at Harvard
- Andover's encounter with rhetoric and philosophy from Germany
- Ebenezer Porter's cosmic rhetoric
- Andover's contributions to the modern university
- The rhetorical context for the Yale Reports of 1828.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Leiden, Netherlands Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 28, 2025).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Whitburn, Merrill. America's great age of rhetoric, 1770-1860
- ISBN:
- 9789004696600
- 9004696601
- Publisher Number:
- 40032611148
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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