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A collection examining Dewey's influence on effective communication in a healthy democratic practice

The essays in this collection, written by sixteen scholars in rhetoric and communica…]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 06:56:59 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4598224/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…]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 06:56:59 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4598192/Assembling-Arguments
A comprehensive account of multimodal scientific persuasion with a framework for analysis and teaching

Scientific arguments—and indeed arguments in most disciplines—depend on visuals an…]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 06:56:59 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4598167/Double-Consciousness-and-the-Rhetoric-of-Barack-Obama
An examination of President Obama's oratory as a reflection of the African American experience

Robert E. Terrill argues that, to invent a robust manner of addressing one another as citi…]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 06:56:59 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4598144/The-Effects-of-Rhetoric-and-the-Rhetoric-of-Effects
An examination of the foundation of rhetorical criticism as reconceptualized for the twenty-first century

The Effects of Rhetoric and the Rhetoric of Effects tackles one of the thornies…]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 06:56:59 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4598135/Popular-Memories
A critical exploration of the ways public participation has transformed commemoration and civic engagement in the United States

In the last three decades ordinary Americans launched num…]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 06:56:59 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4598113/Rhetoric-and-Power
An insightful approach to classical Greek texts and practices as the wellspring for understanding rhetoric's relationship to authority

In Rhetoric and Power, Nathan Crick dramatizes the…]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 06:56:59 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4598111/Rhetorical-Touch
Fresh insights into redefining rhetoric discourse in the context of disability studies through touch

Rhetorical Touch argues for an understanding of touch as a rhetorical art by approac…]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 06:56:59 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4598107/You-Cant-Padlock-an-Idea
An examination of the rhetorical practices used at the Highlander Folk School to advance democratic social change

You Can't Padlock an Idea examines the educational programs undertaken…]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 06:56:59 -0800 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4597969/Prisoners-of-Conscience
An examination of the discourse of political prisoners as a form of vernacular rhetoric

Prisoners of Conscience continues the work begun by Gerard A. Hauser in Vernacular Voices: The Rh…]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 06:56:59 -0800