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Adam Smith: The Rhetoric of Propriety (Suny Series, Rhetoric in the Modern Era) (Suny Series, Rhetoric in the Modern Era) by Stephen J. McKenna is a business book available to read on EtoBox.

Before his famed career as moral philosopher and economist, Adam Smith (1723-1790) was well known for a series of public lectures on rhetoric that he gave in Edinburgh and Glasgow. In this volume, Stephen J. McKenna provides the first book-length treatment of Smith's rhetorical theory, focusing on his theory of rhetorical propriety-the means by which effective communication is adapted to the variables of subject, audience, speaker or writer, purpose, and moment-and the centrality of this concept

It is typically read by working professionals who need an authoritative practice reference.

Common subject areas: medicine, law, business, engineering.

Author
Stephen J. McKenna
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Published
2006
Language
EN
ISBN
9780809386239
Category
business
Subjects
Language Learning, History, Literary Fiction