Maclure of New Harmony – Scientist, Progressive Educator, Radical Philanthropist
Autor Leonard Warrenen Limba Engleză Hardback – 28 iun 2009
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780253353269
ISBN-10: 0253353262
Pagini: 376
Ilustrații: 18 illustrations
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.75 kg
Editura: MH – Indiana University Press
ISBN-10: 0253353262
Pagini: 376
Ilustrații: 18 illustrations
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.75 kg
Editura: MH – Indiana University Press
Cuprins
List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; ChronologyPrologue; 1. Origins, and the Making of a Life; 2. Philadelphia (1796-1800); 3. Political and Economic Philosophy; 4. European Sojourn (1800-1808); 5. The Maclurean Era of American Geology; 6. Introduction of Progressive Education to the United States; 7. The Grand Tour of Europe (1809-1815); 8. Patron of the Natural Sciences; 9. Spanish Years, and Return to America; 10. Robert Owen, Maclure, and the Utopian Commune; 11. Harmonie to New Harmony; 12. A Boatload of Knowledge; 13. Education in New Harmony; 14. Trouble in Paradise; 15. Out of the Ashes; 16. Withdrawal to Mexico; 17. Crippling Losses of Madame Fretageot and Thomas Say; 18. New Harmony Adrift: Journey into the Present; 19. The Workingmen's Institute: Death of William Maclure; EpilogueNotes; Bibliography; Index
Recenzii
"In these pages, Maclure comes alive in all his energy, genius, generosity, and glaring idiosyncrasies. . . . The merits of Warren's work promise to make [the book] the standard biography." Donald Pitzer, author of America's Communal Utopias
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The captivating biography of an American polymath