Public Life in American Communities, 1634-1900

During the semester various material may be added to this page to assist students. This may include reading, bibliographies, or other information to supplement the course.

Contents

Material on Units of the Course

Framework for Our Study of Public Address

Early America

• The Puritan Community  
• Republican Virginia  
• Creating the Revolution
• Building the National Community

Public Life in America: 1800-1850 

• The Silver Orators and the National Public Sphere  
• The Rhetoric of the American Frontier  
• The Rhetoric of the Reform Community
• Rhetoric of the Slave Quarters  
• Rhetoric of the Cavalier Community  
• Lincoln  

Study Questions on Wills' Lincoln at Gettysburg

• The Gettysburg Address
• The Gettysburg Battlefield Historical Site
• Doing Abstracts on Wills

Public Life, 1865-1900

• The Entrepreneurial Community  
• The Rhetoric of American Labor  
• Creating Voice: Women in Public Life  
• The Farmer's Revolt

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Study Aids

• A Glossary of Terms
• How to study units of the course
• Sample Abstract
• Suggestions for Preparing for the First Exam  
• Sample Exam Questions
• How I grade exams
• A Diagnostic to Analyze your problems on first exam
• Suggestions for Preparing for the Second and Final Exams
• "Canon" List of Speeches and Speakers from Early American history
• Advice for Graduate Students on Paper Research

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Places you can read more . . .

• On the Introduction
• On the Puritan Community  
• On Republican Virginia  
• On the Rhetoric of the Revolution  
• Building the National Community 
• The Silver Orators   
• The Rhetoric of the American Frontier  
• The Rhetoric of the American Reform Community, 1830-1860  
• Rhetoric in the Slave Quarters  
• Rhetoric of the Cavalier Community  
• Lincoln's Rhetoric  
• The Rhetoric of the Entrepreneurial Community  
• The Rhetoric of American Labor  
• Women's Search for Public Life  
• The Farmers Movement

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Places you can visit to help you get a flavor of those times . . .

• Living History on the Virginia Frontier
• Living History on Making a Revolution
• Living History on the National Community
• Historical Sites related to the Silver Orators
• Living History on the American Frontier
• Historical Sites related to the Reform Community, 1830-1860
• Historical Sites related to the Slave Quarters
• Living History of the Cavalier Community
• Historical Sites related to Lincoln
• Exhibit Sites on the Rhetoric of Labor Reform  
• Women's Search for a Place in Public Life
• The Farmer's Movement

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Watch for additional material during the semester.