Constraint and Variety in American Education
Language: English
Published by University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, Neb., 1956
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Conservation Media, Thomaston, CT, U.S.A.Conservation Media
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Condition: Used - Near fine
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Slim 8vo, 160pp, containing a preface, prologue and three essays: The Academic Procession, The Intellectual Veto Groups, Secondary Education and "Counter-Cyclical Policy". No Dust Jacket. Boards in near fine condition with clean unmarked pages except for $15 price in pencil on the FFEP. A landmark book by the prominent American sociologist David Riesman. This is the original edition, published in 1956, from a series of lectures delivered at the University of Nebraska. The essays explore the cultural, institutional, and social pressures that shape the American educational system—from primary schools to higher education. SCARCE in this edition.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Constraint and Variety in American Education
- Author
- David Riesman
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, Neb.
- Publication year
- 1956
- Condition
- Near fine
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Dimensions
- 6 inches width by 9 inches height by 0 inches depth
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