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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Bode, Carl, 1911-1993. American lyceum. New York, Oxford University Press, 1956 (OCoLC)592371120 Online version: Bode, Carl, 1911-1993. American lyceum. New York, Oxford University Press, 1956 (OCoLC)607893552 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Carl Bode |
| OCLC Number: | 776338 |
| Description: | xii, 275 p. illus. 22 cm. |
| Contents: | The dynamics of the early lyceum. The crossing of the sea ; The gospel of the Lyceum ; The favoring elements -- From mutual education to random lectures : the lyceum through 1845. New England : hub of the lyceum ; The Middle Atlantic states : bustle in New York ; The South : flurry and apathy ; The Midwest : New England culture immigrates -- Facets of the lyceum : I. This noble national conclave ; The lyceum and the public schools ; Platform gallery : I -- The lyceum crystallizes into the lecture system : 1846 to the Civil War. New England : the broad Bostonian platform ; The Middle Atlantic states : New York dominant ; The South : lowering skies ; The Midwest : eastern stars for western associations ; The West : outposts of culture -- Facets of the lyceum : II. The economics of the lyceum ; Platform gallery : II ; The lyceum and literature ; The lyceum and the library movement -- The configuration of the lyceum. |
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