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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Arthur S. MeyersPublisher: University Press of America Imprint: University Press of America Dimensions: Width: 15.40cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.30cm Weight: 0.290kg ISBN: 9780761865537ISBN 10: 0761865535 Pages: 190 Publication Date: 01 April 2015 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Chapter 1. Perspectives The most marvelous program that ever existed Chapter 2. Beginning We have plans laid already Chapter 3. Structure Helping to mould the Boston of the future Chapter 4. Terre Haute The striking of mind upon mind Chapter 5. Hammond A sturdy core of thinking, fact seeking citizens Chapter 6. Du Bois You have given me new strength and vision Chapter 7. Looking Ahead An America To Be BibliographyReviewsMeyers' original and exciting investigation [and] deft, nuanced analysis...thoroughly explores the movement's strengths and weaknesses, providing insights that will be valuable to historians-and to all who seek to develop inclusive solutions to social problems. -- Nancy C. Unger, associate professor of history, Santa Clara University; author, Fighting Bob La Follette: The Righteous Reformer ...[A] clearly-drawn narrative...connect[ing] this non-sectarian, semi-secular movement to the Chautauqua and Lyceum movements of earlier generations. -- Richard D. Brown, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of History, emeritus, University of Connecticut I recommend this book highly for students of adult education and for public officials and civic leaders who want a model of public discourse for civil conversation in a time of polarization. -- Harold W. Stubblefield, professor emeritus, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ...A valuable resource...useful not only because it revives this history but also because it illustrates how the past can help to inform the present. The National Issues Forums are certainly a close descendant of this important movement. -- David Mathews, president, Kettering Foundation ...Meyers does more than simply reintroduce an important piece of our civic past; he also presents us with a model for rejuvenating contemporary public life. -- James J. Connolly, director, Center for Middletown Studies; professor of history, Ball State University; author, An Elusive Unity: Urban Democracy and Machine Politics in Industrializing America This vivid new window brings forward Mary Caroline Crawford, a woman who shaped progressive public discourse. -- Kathryn Kish Sklar, SUNY Binghamton; author of Florence Kelley and the Nation's Work Author InformationArthur S. Meyers, director of Russell Library in Middletown, Connecticut, has been researching and writing about the Open Forum movement for more than two decades. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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