The passionate empiricist : the eloquence of John Quincy Adams in the service of science /

The passionate empiricist : the eloquence of John Quincy Adams in the service of science /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Portolano, Marlana
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2009]
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.
Table of Contents:
  • A classical voice for American science
  • An American Cicero
  • Toward a democratic science : institution-building and the statesman orator
  • Increase and diffusion of knowledge : setting the stage for the Smithsonian debate
  • Adams's arguments in the Smithsonian debate : a rhetorical analysis
  • The queen of sciences and her democratic champion : Adams's promotion of astronomy
  • Invention and discovery, rhetorically speaking.