Rhetoric at the Margins : Revising the History of Writing Instruction in American Colleges, 1873-1947 /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gold, David, 1966-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Report writing > Study and teaching (Higher)
English language > Rhetoric > Study and teaching.
Education, Higher.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Composition & Creative Writing.
REFERENCE > Writing Skills.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric.
Education, Higher > United States > History.
Report writing > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States > History.
English language > Rhetoric > Study and teaching > United States > History > 20th century.
English language > Rhetoric > Study and teaching > United States > History > 19th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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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 historically underrepresented in disciplinary histories: a black liberal arts college in rural E.
Physical Description:1 online resource (216 pages).
ISBN:9780809387250

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