Democratizing America: Shaf Nader and the Founding of an Impossible College

Author:   Dimitra Doukas
Publisher:   Interlink Books
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9781566560092


Pages:   208
Publication Date:   09 March 2017
Format:   Paperback
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Democratizing America: Shaf Nader and the Founding of an Impossible College


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Already past its manufacturing heyday, Winsted, Connecticut, the Naders’ hometown, was wrecked by the devastating 1955 flood. For Shaf Nader, Ralph’s elder brother, the way to rebuild was by democratizing knowledge. A community college, he envisioned, would turn the old town into a regional hub of learning and creative citizenship. Impossible, people said, Winsted was too small, too gritty, too depressed. Turning those attitudes around took genius, persistence, and an uncommon gift of persuasion.

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Author:   Dimitra Doukas
Publisher:   Interlink Books
Imprint:   Interlink Books
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.60cm
Weight:   0.227kg
ISBN:  

9781566560092


ISBN 10:   1566560098
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   09 March 2017
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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Dimitra Doukas, Ph.D., is an anthropologist and the author of the groundbreaking study, Worked Over: The Corporate Sabotage of an American Community.

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