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The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties: From Self-Improvement to Adult Education in America, 1750-1990 » (New Edition)
Authors: Joseph F. Kett
ISBN-13: 9780804726801, ISBN-10: 0804726809
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Date Published: January 1996
Edition: New Edition
Author Biography: Joseph F. Kett
Book Synopsis
This first history of nontraditional education in America covers the span from Benjamin Franklin’s Junto to community colleges. It aims to unravel the knotted connections between education and society by focusing on the voluntary pursuit of knowledge by those who were both older and more likely to be gainfully employed than the school-age population.
Table of Contents
| Preface | ||
| 1 | Literature, Philosophy, and Self-Education in Eighteenth-Century America | 1 |
| 2 | The Uses of Knowledge in Antebellum America | 38 |
| 3 | Strenuous Learning and the Diffusion of Knowledge | 77 |
| 4 | "The Liberal and Practical Education of the Industrial Classes" | 102 |
| 5 | The Homely Renaissance, 1870-1900 | 142 |
| 6 | The Decline of Culture, 1890-1900 | 180 |
| 7 | From Useful Knowledge to Job Improvement, 1870-1930 | 223 |
| 8 | Higher Education and the Challenge of Job Improvement | 257 |
| 9 | Educating the Public, 1900-1925 | 293 |
| 10 | The Electric Fire of Thought | 331 |
| 11 | The Art of Living | 370 |
| 12 | The Learning Society | 403 |
| Epilogue | 449 | |
| Notes | 457 | |
| Index | 561 |
Subjects
Education & Teaching
Educational Levels & Settings Adult & Continuing Education
Education & Teaching Educational Levels & Settings Educational Settings
Education & Teaching Educational Theory, Research & History Education - History
Educational Levels & Settings Adult & Continuing EducationEducation & Teaching
Educational Levels & Settings Educational SettingsEducation & Teaching
Educational Theory, Research & History Education - History
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