The contested space of prudence in the 1874-1875 civil rights debate

Quarterly Journal of Speech

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 131-149

  Wilson, Kirt H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Afro American civil rights; Equality; Political judgment theory; Prudence; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009128309     PISSN: 00335630     EISSN: 14795779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00335639809384210     Document Type: Article

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