Communications skills and a brief rapprochement of rhetoricians

Sharon Crowley Arizona State University

Abstract

Abstract During the late 1940s and early 1950s a window of opportunity opened briefly for a rapprochement between rhetoricians in Speech departments with teachers of English. Members of these groups jointly developed first‐year courses in communication skills that had a distinct rhetorical flavor. Communication skills programs were short‐lived, however, because powerful disciplinary forces put an end to them.

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Rhetoric Society Quarterly
Published
2004-01-01
DOI
10.1080/02773940409391275
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  1. Advances in the History of Rhetoric
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