Radical Visions
Stringfellow Barr, Scott Buchanan, and Their Efforts on behalf of Education and Politics in the Twentieth Century
Find a college teacher prepared to risk his career because he is convinced that undergraduate elective curricula must be abandoned and ready to lay out a detailed remedy. Add a partner in full agreement, to share the risk. That is the improbable story of Stringfellow Barr and Scott Buchanan and their 1937 creation, at St. John's College of an all-required four-year curriculum based on the great books. Then add their shared convictions in attacking the Cold War, standing together for civil liberties and against McCarthyism. This story of personal courage is based on Nelson's knowledge and access to unpublished manuscripts and hundreds of lette…
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- ISBN: 978-0-89789-804-1
- EAN: 9780897898041
- Produktnummer: 1558696
- Verlag: Praeger
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
- Seitenangabe: 248 S.
- Masse: H24.0 cm x B16.1 cm x D1.8 cm 542 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 542
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CHARLES A, NELSON is an author and editor, newspaper founder and publisher, and retired management consultant.
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