| Description |
321 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-314) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : rhetoric and history : functions of persuasion -- 1. Culture shaping : the rhetorical contribution -- 2. Drawing together : the role of talk -- 3. A new idea emerges : the balance of interests -- 4. New problems, new solutions : the professionalizing of rhetoric -- 5. Crisis and confrontation : determining the mastery -- 6. Muddling through : royalty restrained -- 7. Elitism : the rhetoric of privilege -- 8. The people find a voice : the elder William Pitt -- 9. Concern for the little man : religion and reform -- 10. The rights of Englishmen : debating the American war -- 11. Imperialism on trial : the indictment of British rule over India -- 12. The specter of Jacobinism : effects on the discussable -- 13. The problems of Ireland : a rhetorical battleground -- 14. Scotland : a rhetorical highland. |
| Subject |
Oratory -- Great Britain -- History.
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Oratory. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
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Speeches, addresses, etc., English -- History and criticism.
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Speeches, addresses, etc., English. |
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Great Britain -- Civilization.
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Civilization. |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Oliver, Robert Tarbell, 1909- Influence of rhetoric in the shaping of Great Britain. Newark : University of Delaware Press ; London ; Cranbury, NJ : Associated University Presses, ©1986 (OCoLC)558692338 |
| ISBN |
0874132894 (alkaline paper) |
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9780874132892 (alkaline paper) |
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