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THE MODERN SCHOOL MOVEMENT : ANARCHISM AND EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES
by Avrich, Paul
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good Plus
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About This Item
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1980. Paperback. Very Good Plus. Kent, Rockwell. Mild shelf/edgewear to surfaces and extremities. Light thumbing and lift to front cover. Sticker ghost to top rear cover. With 23 black and white illustrations. Grey lettering on white background of dark grey spine. Red and black lettering to front of glossy white illustrated cover. Clean, bright, solidly bound. 447 pp with extensive notes, bibliography and index. "Between 1910 and 1960 anarchists across the country established more than twenty schools where children might study in an atmosphere of freedom and self-reliance in contrast to the formality and discipline of the traditional classroom. In this comprehensive study . . . Paul Avrich narrates its history, analyzes its successes and failures, and assesses its place in American life," (rear cover).
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- The Sensible Magpie
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- 732
- Title
- THE MODERN SCHOOL MOVEMENT : ANARCHISM AND EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES
- Author
- Avrich, Paul
- Illustrator
- Kent, Rockwell
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication
- Princeton
- Date Published
- 1980
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