Josiah Holbrook: Feeding The Passion for Self-Help.

Weaver, Richard L., II

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ERIC Number: EJ154857

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Publication Date: 1976

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Josiah Holbrook: Feeding The Passion for Self-Help

Weaver, Richard L., II

Communication Quarterly, 24, 4, 10-18, F 76

Discusses the lyceum, originally designed primarily to give local citizens an opportunity to speak, debate and discuss, and notes Josiah Holbrook's contributions to the lyceum movement considered to be one of the most comprehensive and far-reaching movements in America from 1830 to 1850. (MH)

Descriptors: Adult Education, American Culture, American History, Educational Development, Educational History, Self Actualization, Self Help Programs

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