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Democracy Faces the Future / Samuel Everett.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1935]Copyright date: ©1935Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780231908283
  • 9780231880695
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- I. The Frame of Reference -- II. The Social Challenge to Education -- III. Science and Technology -- IV. Art in a Machine Culture -- V. American Economic Life -- VI. Economic Planning for an Economy of Plenty -- VII. Nationalism, Internationalism, and an Economy of Plenty -- VIII. Government, Business, and Pressure Groups -- IX. Democracy – Fact and Myth -- X. Freedom in an Industrial Society -- XI. A Dynamic Social Theory -- XII. Education in the New Era -- Selected Bibliography -- Notes -- Index
Summary: A study of the American education system in light of the socio-economic needs of industrial society in early twentieth century America. Specifically studies the social conditions and needs of American society, the evolution of contemporary democracy, and the social challenge to education.
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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- I. The Frame of Reference -- II. The Social Challenge to Education -- III. Science and Technology -- IV. Art in a Machine Culture -- V. American Economic Life -- VI. Economic Planning for an Economy of Plenty -- VII. Nationalism, Internationalism, and an Economy of Plenty -- VIII. Government, Business, and Pressure Groups -- IX. Democracy – Fact and Myth -- X. Freedom in an Industrial Society -- XI. A Dynamic Social Theory -- XII. Education in the New Era -- Selected Bibliography -- Notes -- Index

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A study of the American education system in light of the socio-economic needs of industrial society in early twentieth century America. Specifically studies the social conditions and needs of American society, the evolution of contemporary democracy, and the social challenge to education.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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