Ecospeak : rhetoric and environmental politics in America /
In this book, M. Jimmie Killingsworth and Jacqueline S. Palmer have a twofold purpose: to analyze the patterns of rhetoric used in written discourse about environmental politics and to make a practical contribution to the art of rhetorical criticism through the study of rhetoric in use. The language...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Carbondale :
Southern Illinois University Press,
2012.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9780809380978 0809380978 9786613901286 6613901288 0585027706 9780585027708 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | In this book, M. Jimmie Killingsworth and Jacqueline S. Palmer have a twofold purpose: to analyze the patterns of rhetoric used in written discourse about environmental politics and to make a practical contribution to the art of rhetorical criticism through the study of rhetoric in use. The language, professional objectivity, and research programs of scientists insulate these best-informed citizens in enclaves of specialization, limiting access to crucial information and hindering effective reformative action. Science, the authors stress, is not merely a database to rely upon b. |
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| Item Description: | Reprint. Originally published in 1992. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (328 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Language Note: | English. |
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