The Lyceum and Public Culture in the Nineteenth-Century United States Free

Author: Angela G. Ray
Edition:
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 087013745X

The Lyceum and Public Culture in the Nineteenth-Century United States (Rhetoric & Public Affairs)

Angela Ray provides a refreshing new look at the lyceum lecture system as it developed in the United States from the 1820s to the 1880s. Download The Lyceum and Public Culture in the Nineteenth-Century United States (Rhetoric & Public Affairs) from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. She argues that the lyceum contributed to the creation of an American "public" at a time when the country experienced a rapid change in land area, increasing immigration, and a revolution in transportation, communication technology, and social roles.
AAAA The history of the lyceum in the nineteenth century illustrates a process of expansion, diffusion, and eventual commercialization. In the late 1820s, a politically and economically dominant culture-the white Protestant northeastern middle class- institutionalized the practice of public debating and public lecturing for education and moral uplift. Search and find a lot of education books in many category availabe for free download.