uscpress.com - Rhetoric & Communication https://uscpress.com/ The Rhetoric of Mao Zedong https://uscpress.com/book-post/1617335/The-Rhetoric-of-Mao-Zedong
A thorough examination of the Chinese leader's speeches and writings that reshaped a nation's culture

Mao Zedong fundamentally transformed China from a Confucian society characterized b…]]>
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The Press and Slavery in America, 1791-1859 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1617263/The-Press-and-Slavery-in-America-1791-1859
An examination of how press coverage of slave revolts forced public discussions that ultimately influenced public opinion

Slavery remains one of the United States' most troubling failin…]]>
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Rhetoric of the Chinese Cultural Revolution https://uscpress.com/book-post/1617272/Rhetoric-of-the-Chinese-Cultural-Revolution
A startling look at revolutionary rhetoric and its effects

Now known to the Chinese as the "ten years of chaos," the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-76) brought death to thousands of…]]>
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The Ides of War https://uscpress.com/book-post/1617279/The-Ides-of-War
An examination of the powerful role human agency and rhetoric played in the founding of the nation

History tells us that on a day when the forces of civil government confront the forces…]]>
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Queerly Remembered https://uscpress.com/book-post/1617296/Queerly-Remembered
An interdisciplinary examination of the strategies GLBTQ communities have used to advocate for political, social, and cultural change

Queerly Remembered investigates the ways in which g…]]>
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Textual Curation https://uscpress.com/book-post/1617303/Textual-Curation
A study of the roles community, financial support, texts, information structures, interfaces, and technology play in collaborative works

Wikipedia is arguably the most famous collaborat…]]>
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The Keys of Power https://uscpress.com/book-post/1617347/The-Keys-of-Power
Examines Transcendentalism as a distinct rhetorical genre concerned primarily and self-consciously with questions of power

Nathan Crick has crafted a new critical rhetorical history of…]]>
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The Interruption That We Are https://uscpress.com/book-post/1617403/The-Interruption-That-We-Are
In a world of ever-increasing medical technology, a study of the need for wisdom, truth, and public moral argument

In this provocative and interdisciplinary work, Michael J. Hyde develo…]]>
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Introducing Science through Images https://uscpress.com/book-post/1617389/Introducing-Science-through-Images
An examination of how images can serve as communication tools to popularize science in the public eye

As funding for basic scientific research becomes increasingly difficult to secure,…]]>
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Assembling Arguments https://uscpress.com/book-post/1617241/Assembling-Arguments
Scientific arguments—and indeed arguments in most disciplines—depend on visuals and other nontextual elements; however, most models of argumentation typically neglect these important resources…]]>
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