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"Experience and Education" is the best concise statement on education ever published by John Dewey, the man acknowledged to be the pre-eminent ... More

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In this wonderfully evocative picture of an urban American high school and its successes and setbacks over the past thirty-five years, Gerald Grant ... More

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In his pioneering treatise on education, the great French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) presents concepts that had a significant ... More

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This critique about the intellectual and moral confusions of our age promotes the view that young people, lacking an understanding of the past and a ... More

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John Dewey (October 20, 1859 - June 1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer whose ideas have been very ... More

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An eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, Boethius was also an exceptional Greek scholar, and it was to the Greek philosophers ... More

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A lively historical account of colleges and universities in America--from their earliest beginnings to the "canon deabtes" of the 1990s. Eminently ... More

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With 1,700 superb drawings, "Field Guide to American Antique Furniture" breaks new ground in the decorative arts: For the first time, the subtle ... More

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America has always presented a unique challenge to architects: should they emulate the Old World or respond to the demands of the New? David Handlin ... More

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E.H. Carr's What Is History? is the classic introduction to the theory of history. Exploding the Victorian myth of history as a simple record of fact ... More

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In this comprehensive response to the education crisis, the author of Teaching as a Subversive Activity returns to the subject that established his ... More

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"The distinguished political philosopher and author of the widely acclaimed Just and Unjust Wars analyzes how society distributes not just wealth and ... More

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The philosophy of Seneca has extended in influence from first-centuryRome to the essays of Montaigne, to Elizabethan tragedy, to thetheology of ... More

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This volume, edited by Carl Bode in collaboration with Malcolm Cowley, presents the essential Emerson, selected from works that eloquently express ... More

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Reissued in new trade paperback format and design, "The Ugly American" is the multi-million-copy bestseller that coined the phrase for tragic ... More

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Essays, previously published in somewhat different form by Milkweed Editions, Minneapolis.

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Addler addresses the controversy of what should be taught in our schools. He suggests that is should serve and be made available to all. He begins ... More

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