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Author Longaker, Mark Garrett, 1974- author.

Title Rhetorical style and bourgeois virtue : capitalism and civil society in the British Enlightenment / Mark Garrett Longaker
Published University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2015]
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Description 1 online resource (170 pages)
Series The RSA series in transdisciplinary rhetoric
RSA series in transdisciplinary rhetoric.
Contents John Locke on clarity -- Adam Smith on probity -- Hugh Blair on moderation -- Herbert Spencer on economy
Summary "Focuses on the writings of John Locke, Adam Smith, Hugh Blair, and Herbert Spencer to explore how the discipline of rhetoric connected the economics and ethics of capitalism from the British Enlightenment through the nineteenth century"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-166) and index
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Subject Locke, John, 1632-1704.
Smith, Adam, 1723-1790.
Blair, Hugh, 1718-1800.
Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903.
SUBJECT Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903
Blair, Hugh, 1718-1800
Smith, Adam, 1723-1790
Locke, John, 1632-1704
Blair, Hugh, 1718-1800 fast
Locke, John, 1632-1704 fast
Smith, Adam, 1723-1790 fast
Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903 fast
Subject Capitalism -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Great Britain -- History
Rhetoric -- Great Britain -- History
Enlightenment -- Great Britain
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Business Ethics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Rhetoric.
Capitalism -- Moral and ethical aspects
Enlightenment
Rhetoric
Great Britain
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780271074795
0271074795