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The rhetoric of Mao Zedong : transforming China and its people / by Lu, Xing, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…Rhetorical themes in Mao Zedong's early writings -- Mao Zedong's theories of rhetoric -- Mao Zedong's rhetorical styles -- Mao Zedong's rhetoric of class struggle -- Mao Zedong's rhetorical construction of a new Communist person -- Mao Zedong's rhetorical constructions of Chinese nationalism -- Rhetoric of Mao Zedong's foreign policy -- Conclusion: Mao Zedong's rhetorical legacy lives on.…”
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From Rhetoric to Reality : the Life and Work of Frederick D'Aeth. by Simey, Margaret

Table of Contents: “…; 1: Origins of a Dilemma; 2: The Urban Ideal; 3: The Theory of Social Responsibility (1905-1909); 4: The Health of the Body Corporate; 5: The Craft of the Social Administrator (1911-1914); 6: The Practice of Social Administration (1914-1918); 7: The End of the Beginning (1919-1924); 8: The Birth of a New Philanthropy; 9: The New Philanthropy Vindicated (1923-1934); Conclusion: From Rhetoric to Reality; Bibliography.…”
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Propaganda and rhetoric in democracy : history, theory, analysis /

Table of Contents: “…The Contract with America: A Legal, Social, and Rhetorical Contractual Obligation by Meg H. Kunde11. …”
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Job 28 as rhetoric : an analysis of Job 28 in the context of Job 22-31 / by Lo, Alison

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Non-discursive rhetoric : image and affect in multimodal composition / by Murray, Joddy, 1968-

Table of Contents: “…Writing theory/invention theory ; Non-discursive theory of writing ; A non-discursive to discursive composing model ; Image consumption, production, & distribution -- Composing multimodality. The rhetorical image ; Values of multimodality ; Cinematic rhetoric ; Assessing multimodality.…”
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Rhetorical criticism and the Bible /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: rhetorical criticism and the Florence Conference / Stanley E. …”
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The politics of sacred rhetoric : absolutist appeals and political persuasion / by Marietta, Morgan

Table of Contents: “…Sacred rhetoric in American politics -- Values and value conflict, sacred values, and sacred rhetoric -- The reasoning effect: sacred rhetoric and deliberation -- The activation effect: sacred rhetoric and participation -- "From my cold, dead hands": sacred rhetoric and social movements -- The absolutist advantage: sacred rhetoric in the Bush era -- Sacred rhetoric from Carter to Clinton: the 1976-1996 presidential debates -- Sacred rhetoric, the 2008 campaigns, and the Democratic Party -- Conclusion: "a cure for thought and the diseases it breeds."…”
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The rhetoric of moral protest : public campaigns, celebrity endorsement, and political mobilization / by Lahusen, Christian

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Rhetoric in American anthropology : gender, genre, and science / by Applegarth, Risa

Table of Contents: “…Ethnographic Monographs: Genre Change and Rhetorical Scarcity; 2. Field Autobiographies: Rhetorical Recruitment and Embodied Ethnography; 3. …”
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A rhetoric of meanings : exploring the frontiers of language usage / by Apostolova, Gergana

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Figure and Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Book I: Argumenting the Method -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Book II: Rhetoric and Cultural Significances -- Introduction -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Book III: Reconceptualized Existence-based Language Practices -- Introduction -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.…”
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A rhetorical conversation : Jewish discourse in modern Yiddish literature / by Finkin, Jordan D., 1976-

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A rhetoric of remnants : idiots, half-wits, and other state-sponsored inventions / by Stuckey, Zosha, 1971-

Table of Contents: “…List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: Rhetoric, Historical Recovery, and the New York State Asylum-School; Minding the Gap; Rhetoric; Rhetoric and Remnants; The Asylum-School, Its Pupils, and the Closing of the Institution; Disability Studies and Feminist Rhetorics; Review of Chapters; 2. …”
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Mapping Christian rhetorics : connecting conversations, charting new territories /

Table of Contents: “…Section 1. Christianity and rhetorical theory -- section 2. Christianity and rhetorical education -- section 3. …”
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The shape of Herodotean rhetoric : a study of the speeches in Herodotus' Histories with special attention to books 5-9 / by Zali, Vasiliki

Table of Contents: “…Persians; Part 2 Speech and Competition; Chapter 2 Debates; 2.1 General Observations; 2.2 Language; 2.3 On the Cusp between Homer and Thucydides; 2.4 Test Cases; Part 3 Speech and Typology; Chapter 3 Alliance Speeches; 3.1 Literary Tradition and Early Rhetorical Handbooks; 3.2 Alliance Motifs in Herodotus; 3.3 Test Cases.…”
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Baroque visual rhetoric / by Minor, Vernon Hyde

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Robert Burton's rhetoric : an anatomy of early modern knowledge / by Wells, Susan, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…A monstrous anatomy -- Burton's anatomy : genres as species and spaces -- The Anatomy of melancholy and early modern medicine -- Burton, rhetoric, and the shapes of thought -- Translingualism : the philologist as language broker -- The Anatomy of melancholy and transdisciplinary rhetoric…”
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Five Chapters on Rhetoric Character, Action, Things, Nothing, and Art. by Kochin, Michael S.

Subjects: “…Rhetoric United States.…”
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Joshua and the rhetoric of violence : a new historicist analysis / by Rowlett, Lori L.

Table of Contents: “…Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 METHODOLOGY; Chapter 3 HISTORICAL CONTEXT; Chapter 4 DIVINE WARFARE; Chapter 5 THE CONVENTIONAL LANGUAGE OF WAR IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST; Chapter 6 THE RHETORIC OF VIOLENCE IN JOSHUA 1.1-9; Chapter 7 THE DISCURSIVE FUNCTION OF [Omitted] IN THE TEXT; Chapter 8 CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors.…”
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Feminist rhetorical practices : new horizons for rhetoric, composition, and literacy studies / by Royster, Jacqueline Jones

Table of Contents: “…Tectonic Shifts in Rhetorical Practices; 4. Feminist Rhetorical Studies as a Robust Interdisciplinary Framework; Part Three: Recasting Paradigms for Inquiry, Analysis, and Interpretation; 5. …”
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Rhetoric of Heroic Expectations : Establishing the Obama Presidency. by Vaughn, Justin S.

Table of Contents: “…Barack Obama and the rhetoric of heroic expectations / Jennifer R. Mercieca and Justin S. …”
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Reengaging the prospects of rhetoric : current conversations and contemporary challenges /

Table of Contents: “…Sloane -- Karl Wallace : between past and future : a response to Karl Wallace's "The fundamentals of rhetoric" / Stephen Howard Browne -- Prospects of rhetoric for the twenty-first century : speculations on evental rhetoric ending with a note on Barack Obama and a benediction by Jacques Lacan : a response to Samuel L. …”
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The rhetorical sense of philosophy / by Verene, Donald Phillip, 1937-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the rhetorical sense of philosophy -- Philosophical thinking -- Philosophy and the muses -- Philosophy and eloquence -- Philosophical style -- The rhetoric of self-discourse -- The rhetoric of absolute thought -- The rhetoric of the philosophical frontispiece.…”
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Descartes and the Resilience of Rhetoric : Varieties of Cartesian Rhetorical Theory. by Carr, Thomas M.

Table of Contents: “…Descartes and Guez de Balzac: Human Eloquence Spurned; 3. Descartes' Rhetoric of Generosity; 4. Port-Royal and Eloquence: Rhetoric at the Margins; 5. …”
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The rhetorical invention of man : a history of distinguishing humans from other animals / by Goodale, Greg, 1966-

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From Rhetoric to Aesthetics. by Bicanová, Klára

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- 1 T heoretical and Historical Prolegomena -- 1.1 Wit Theorized: Summary of Twentieth-Century Approaches -- 1.1.1 Beginnings of Critical Interest in Wit: Courthope, Spingarn, Eliot -- 1.1.2 Formalist and Linguistic Approach: Empson and Lewis -- 1.1.3 Structuralist, Post-structuralist and Psychoanalytic Angle: Culler, Sitter, Kroll -- 1.2 Wit as Aesthetic Concept -- 1.2.1 The Problem of Definition: 'Wit' in Dictionaries -- 1.2.2 Wit and Humour and the Sublime and the Beautiful: Comparative Approach -- 1.2.3 Wit as Aesthetic Principle: Visual Arts, Theatre Studies, Game Theories -- 1.3 The Literature and Culture of the Late Seventeenth Century: Political, Philosophical and Literary-historical Background -- 1.3.1 Rhetoric and the Renaissance Poetic -- 1.3.2 Seventeenth-century France: Society and Arts in the State of Flux -- 1.3.3 Society in Transition: Restoration England and its Culture -- 2 Official and Alternative Classical Aesthetics: Bouhours, Méré, and Boileau -- 2.1 Dominique Bouhours and Poetic Ideologies of the Bel Esprit -- 2.1.1 The bel esprit and the je-ne-sais-quoi -- 2.1.2 Les Entretiens d'Artiste et d'Eugène: The Key Concepts of the New Aesthetic Introduced -- 2.1.3 La Maniére de bien penser dans les ouvrages d'esprit: The theory expanded -- 2.1.4 Bouhours's Reception in England -- 2.2 Chevalier de Méré: Esprit as Light of Nature -- 2.2.1 The Polite Lexicon: the je-ne-sais-quoi, honnêteté, and esprit -- 2.2.2 Discours de l'Esprit: The Polite Society versus Nature -- 2.3 Nicolas Boileau-Déspreaux and the Ideal of Neoclassical Esprit -- 2.3.1 Boileau as a Critic -- 2.3.2 Esprit in Boileau's Translation of Le Traité du sublime -- 2.3.3 L'Art poétique: The Text and the Context -- 2.3.4 Use of Esprit in L'Art poétique -- 2.3.5 Boileau's Reception in England.…”
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Rhetoric and educational discourse : persuasive texts / by Edwards, Richard, 1956 July 2-

Table of Contents: “…Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: acts of seduction?; Rhetorical practices; Metaphors of and in learning and teaching; Inventing the 'good teacher'; Cyberspace, cyberbole: metaphorizing the virtual; Taking up workplace learning; Action at a distance: the rhetoric of research management; Sultans of spin?…”
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Bullets, Ballots, and Rhetoric : Confederate States Policy for the United States Presidential Contest / by Nelson, Larry E., 1944-

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Race, rhetoric, and technology : searching for higher ground / by Banks, Adam J. (Adam Joel)

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Looking for Unity in the Midst of Madness: Transformative Access as the ONE in African American Rhetoric and Technology Studies -- Oakland, the Word, and the Divide: How We All Missed the Moment -- Martin, Malcolm, and a Black Digital Ethos -- Taking Black Technology Use Seriously: African American Discursive Traditions in the Digital Underground -- Rewriting Racist Code: The Black Jeremiad as Countertechnology in Critical Race Theory -- Through This Hell Into Freedom: Black Architects, Slave Quilters, and an African American Rhetoric of Design -- A Digital Jeremiad in Search of Higher Ground: Transforming Technologies, Transforming a Nation.…”
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Reframing rhetorical history : cases, theories, and methodologies /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The doing and reframing of rhetorical history / Jason Edward Black -- #leelah alcorn : trans*-ing rhetorical history in the digital humanities lab / Joe Edward Hatfield -- Rhetorical history, the public humanities, and the exoduster movement / Shawn J. …”
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Rhetorical figures in science / by Fahnestock, Jeanne, 1945-

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Rhetoric, rhetoricians, and poets : studies in Renaissance poetry and poetics / Rhetoric, rethoricians [i.e. rhetoricians], and poets by Spies, Marijke

Table of Contents: “…The Rhetoric of Ronsard's 'Hymne de I'Or' --…”
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From Rhetoric to Reality : the Life and Work of Frederick D'Aeth. by Simey, Margaret

Table of Contents: “…; 1: Origins of a Dilemma; 2: The Urban Ideal; 3: The Theory of Social Responsibility (1905-1909); 4: The Health of the Body Corporate; 5: The Craft of the Social Administrator (1911-1914); 6: The Practice of Social Administration (1914-1918); 7: The End of the Beginning (1919-1924); 8: The Birth of a New Philanthropy; 9: The New Philanthropy Vindicated (1923-1934); Conclusion: From Rhetoric to Reality; Bibliography.…”
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New approches to rhetoric / New approaches to rhetoric

Table of Contents: “…pt. I: Rhetorics, ethics, and values ; 1. James Baldwin's Topoi / James Darsey ; 2. …”
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Policy, Discourse and Rhetoric : How New Labour Challenged Social Justice and Democracy /

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The Chreia and ancient rhetoric : commentaries on Aphthonius's Progymnasmata /

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The Rhetoric of Intellectual Property : Copyright Law and the Regulation of Digital Culture. by Reyman, Jessica

Table of Contents: “…Grokster -- Copyright on campus : shaping digital citizens through anti-piracy messages -- Toward a new rhetoric of copyright : defining the future of cultural production.…”
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A Rhetoric of the Decameron. by Migiel, Marilyn

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Citations of the Decameron -- Introduction: A Rhetoric of the Decameron (and why women should read it) -- 1 Woman as Witness -- 2 Fiammetta v. …”
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Kant and the promise of rhetoric / by Stroud, Scott R.

Table of Contents: “…Tracing the sources of Kant's apparent animosity to rhetoric -- Kant on beauty, art, and rhetoric -- Freedom, coercion, and the search for the ideal community -- Pedagogical educative rhetoric : education, rhetoric, and the use of example -- Religious educative rhetoric : religion and ritual as rhetorical means of moral cultivation -- Critical educative rhetoric : Kant and the demands of critical communication.…”
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The rhetorics of US immigration : identity, community, otherness /

Table of Contents: “…Chávez -- Dropping the "I-word" : a critical examination of contemporary immigration labels / Claudia Anguiano -- "American" children's success and global competitiveness : the racial paradox of bilingualism as cultural capital / Dina Gavrilos -- Documenting dreams : a rhetorical performance of inclusive citizenship and collaborative expertise / Yazmin Lazcano-Pry -- Constituting enemies through fear : the rhetoric of exclusionary nationalism in the control of "un-American" immigrant populations / Emily Ironside and Lisa M. …”
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Working-class rhetorics : contemporary memoirs and analyses /

Table of Contents: “…Poster / Phil Bratta -- Mind on heaven : working-class rhetorics in serpent-handling rituals of Southern Appalachia / Heather Palmer -- White bread as a working-class symbol / Kelli R. …”
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