Reinventing the master’s tools: Nineteenth-century african-american literary societies of philadelphia and rhetorical education

Rhetoric Society Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 19-47

  Mc Clish, Glen ^b  

^a San Diego State University ^*  (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84918940331     PISSN: 02773945     EISSN: 1930322X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02773940009391187     Document Type: Article

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