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Traces the history of the residential preparatory school in rural Vermont and discusses the development of the school's educational methods
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- PublisherYale Univ Pr
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 0300037422
- ISBN 13 9780300037425
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages300
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The Putney School
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # GRP78149026
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The Putney School A Progressive Experiment
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Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1987
ISBN 10: 0300037422
ISBN 13: 9780300037425
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Seller: Laureate Fine Books, Poultney, VT, U.S.A.
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Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Book in a Very Good Dust Jacket, Unclipped (Unpriced). Book is moderately shelf worn with mild bumping to tail and crown and staining of top and bottom edges and spine. Fore-edge with dappled staining and top of text block lightly stained. Single spot damp-staining through title and copyright pages. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Text is unmarked. Binding is square and tight. Nancy Ovedovittz designed dust jacket with photo of the school has moderate shelf wear showing soiling of the front panel edges; chipping of the crown and top and bottom of the front panel; abrasion of the title lettering; and a half-inch tear of the bottom front panel. Hardcover. Octavo. [xvi], [2], 3-276pp. Publisher's Gray Cloth with Black and Blue Detailing. Seller Inventory # 299
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The Putney School: A Progressive Experiment
Published by
Yale Univ Pr, 1987
ISBN 10: 0300037422
ISBN 13: 9780300037425
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: The Unskoolbookshop, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. 1st Edition. A few small tears to dust jacket. 2 tiny stains to inside back cover & facing pg. A sturdy, unmarked copy. NOT a former library book. Explores the history and philosophy of The Putney School, a unique educational institution. Written by an expert in the field, it delves into the school's foundation and its innovative approach to education. The book highlights the school's commitment to student autonomy, experiential learning, and community involvement, providing a comprehensive overview of its impact and significance in the field of progressive education. Book. Seller Inventory # 034049
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The Putney School: A Progressive Experiment
Published by
Yale University Press, 1987
ISBN 10: 0300037422
ISBN 13: 9780300037425
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: killarneybooks, Inagh, CLARE, Ireland
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Scarce cloth hardcover, xiii + 276pp + 8 pages of b&w photos, NOT ex-library. Book is clean and bright, untanned, with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. A short corner crease to the boards and a portion of leaves. Clean outer page edges. Dust jacket shows moderate wear, a few short edge-tears. -- The Putney school - a small but influential residential preparatory school in rural Vermont - was established in 1935 to demonstrate the viability of Progressive ideas about education. Susan M. Lloyd here tells the story of Putney School's first 30 years, focusing in particular on the school's founding principal, Carmelita Hinton, a passionate social reformer and educator whose unconventional administration broke all the rules of how schools should be run. Lloyd relates how Hinton bought two working farms on two square miles of Vermont land and built a coeducational boarding school around democratic values. The dairy farm on which the school depended for its generous scholarship program demanded the cooperation and "real world" skills that had been prized by John Dewey; a challenging academic and arts program fostered individuality; community life on a Vermont hilltop made world-reformist visions seem possible. "Utopia was at hand," wrote Hinton. For years the school was successful under Hinton's firm guidance. But in 1949 the teachers made it clear that Putney could not remain one woman's school any longer. When Hinton refused to relinquish her autocratic control of the school, most of the faculty formed a union and went on strike. This traumatic event, which at first seemed to be the end of the school, became its new beginning. During the next 20 years, Putney's utopian community became an institution and, strengthened by a conventional American corporate organization, not only survived its founder's retirement but matured under her successor, a man of profoundly democratic leanings. -- "Susan McIntosh Lloyd's 'biography' of Putney's first 30 years adds richness and detail to the history of education and of women. The stories of Putney School and of Carmelita Hinton add an important dimension to our understanding of mid-20th-century American life, of the practical realization of influential ideas about schooling, of the ethos of the world of a restless, thoughtful woman, of the strains of institution building." (From the foreword by Theodore R. Sizer) -- "This is a superb book, blending the biography of a fascinating, energetic, contradictory, visionary woman, Mrs. Hinton; a unique school; and the larger context of progressive education, the Great Depression, war and revolution, McCarthyism, and above all the utopian tradition in the United States. The book is vivid, fair-minded, candid, and wonderfully written." (David Tyack, Stanford University) -- Contents: I. Beginnings: 1890-1936 1. A Passion for Adventure 2. One to Get Ready 3. Shaping Time: The First Year; II. "Utopia Was at Hand": 1936-1948 and Beyond 4. Work I 5. Work II 6. A Way of Life: Religion, Sex, and Other Essentials 7. Time Passing; III. A Hinge: 1948-1949 8. Strike; IV. Learning Endurance: 1949-1965 9. The Pioneers Dig In 10. Looking Outward 11. Turning Points 12. Students: Notes from the Underground; Notes; Appendix: Faculty and Staff; Index. Seller Inventory # 007356
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