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ERIC Number: EJ342312
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Reflection on History and Rhetorical Criticism.
Gunderson, Robert G.
Communication Education, v35 n4 p408-10 Oct 1986
Discusses how, for several decades, historians and rhetorical scholars have been criticized for their preoccupation with facts, lack of method, theory, analytical rigor, and objectivity; failure to exploit statistical procedures; and wretched writing. A list of remedial works is included. (JD)
Descriptors: Experimenter Characteristics, Historiography, History Textbooks, Research Methodology, Research Problems, Research Skills, Researchers, Rhetorical Criticism, Social Science Research, Theory Practice Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Rhetorical Science; Rhetorical Theory