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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Arthur S. MeyersPublisher: University Press of America Imprint: University Press of America Dimensions: Width: 15.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.70cm Weight: 0.422kg ISBN: 9780761859260ISBN 10: 0761859268 Pages: 188 Publication Date: 21 November 2012 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsMeyers, 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, Distinguished Professor of History, State University of New York, Binghamton; author, Florence Kelley and the Nation's Work Meyers' 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, Distinguished Professor of History, State University of New York, Binghamton; author, 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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