Persuasion in a toxic community: Rhetorical aspects of public meetings

Human Organization

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 458-464

  Kaminstein, Dana S ^a,b  

^a University of Pennsylvania ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Public meetings, rhetorical analysis, toxic wastes; US, New Jersey

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010253616     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.55.4.f08081n88554tl17     Document Type: Article

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