Democracy as Discussion: Civic Education and the American Forum Movement

by William M. Keith

Book Overview

Using primary sources from archives around the country, Democracy as Discussion traces the early history of the Speech field, the development of discussion as an alternative to debate, and the Deweyan, Progressive philosophy of discussion that swept the United States in the early twentieth century.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739115081
• ISBN13: 9780739115084
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 8.9"