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Passionate Empiricist, The: The Eloquence of John Quincy Adams in the Service of Science

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    The Passionate Empiricist
    Contents
    Preface
    Acknowledgments
    1. A Classical Voice for American Science
 
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2. An American Cicero
 
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3.Toward a Democratic Science:Institution-Building andthe Statesman Orator
 
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4. Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge:Setting the Stage for theSmithsonian Debate
 
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5. Adams’s Arguments in the Smithsonian Debate: A Rhetorical Analysis
 
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6. The Queen of Sciences and Her Democratic Champion: Adams’s Promotion of Astronomy
    7.Invention and Discovery, Rhetorically Speaking
    APPENDIX A. The Will of James Smithson
    APPENDIX B. An Act to Establish the Smithsonian Institution as it Passed into Law on August 10, 1846
    Notes
    Bibliography
 
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 Passionate Empiricist, The: The Eloquence of John Quincy Adams in the Service of Science
by Marlana Portolano
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TitlePassionate Empiricist, The: The Eloquence of John Quincy Adams in the Service of Science
AuthorMarlana Portolano
PublisherSUNY Press
Publication Date12/18/08
SubjectAmerican History,American Studies,Composition and Rhetoric Studies,Communication,History of Science,Science and Society
Pages249


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Explores John Quincy Adams's oratorical work in support of government-funded science.

This book introduces readers to the role that classical oratory played in changing early American attitudes about pure scientific research. Marlana Portolano investigates the impact of John Quincy Adams's oratorical campaigns on the origins of government-funded science in America, with a special focus on his classical theory of rhetorical engagement and civic duty.



About the Author 

Marlana Portolano ---

Marlana Portolano is Assistant Professor of English at Towson University.




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