Democracy Faces the Future
1st Edition
Published on 6. May 2019
272 pages
978-0-231-88069-5 (ISBN)
Description
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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Samuel Everett
Democracy Faces the Future
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01/2020
Columbia University Press
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Content
- Intro
- 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
