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

Author/creator Gold, David, 1966-
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Publication InfoCarbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2008.
Description1 online resource (xiv, 199 pages)
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Contents Introduction: Beyond ideology in rhetoric and composition historiography -- Integrating traditions at a private Black college -- Balancing tensions at a public women's university -- Challenging orthodoxies at a rural normal college -- Conclusion: History matters.
Abstract 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 173-190) and index.
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LanguageEnglish.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Gold, David, 1966- Rhetoric at the margins. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2008 9780809328345 0809328348
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