A subtle revolution: the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle in rural Midwestern towns

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Nelson, Julie R. (author)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 1996
Published:: USA
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C21170
Journal Title:: Agricultural History
Journal Title Details:: 70(4) : 653-672
Subject Term:: colleges, courses, distance education, education methods, education programs, farmer education, history, home instruction, homemaker education, and social movements
Notes:: Looks into the evolution of the Circle to provide men and women in rural Midwestern towns an opportunity for college education via correspondence course of systematic home study from 1878 to 1900. Birth and development of CLSC with other social movements; social consequences of the CLSC's introduction; course offerings; chief obstacles

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