The passionate empiricist
Subtitle: the eloquence of John Quincy Adams in the service of science
By: Marlana Portolano.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9780791476994
Subjects: Adams, John Quincy, -- 1767-1848 -- Oratory; Adams, John Quincy, -- 1767-1848 -- Language; Adams, John Quincy, -- 1767-1848 -- Political and social views; Eloquence -- Case studies; Science -- Political aspects -- United States -- History; Science -- Social aspects -- United States -- History; Science and state -- United States -- History; Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States -- History; United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861; United States -- Intellectual life -- 1783-1865
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A classical voice for American science; title: An American Cicero; title: Toward a democratic science : institution-building and the statesman orator; title: Increase and diffusion of knowledge : setting the stage for the Smithsonian debate; title: Adams' arguments in the Smithsonian debate : a rhetorical analysis; title: The queen of sciences and her democratic champion; title: Invention and discovery, rhetorically speaking; title: Appendix.