The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties: From Self-Improvement to Adult Education in America, 1750-1990
- ISBN-10
- 0804765286
- ISBN-13
- 9780804765282
- Series
- The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties
- Pages
- 581
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
Description
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.
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