Education and Catastrophe (Signed and Inscribed by Author)

Reed, Charles B.

Published by San Felipe Press, Austin, TX, 1971

About this Item

Offered is a signed and inscribed, first edition, first printing of "Education and Catastrophe" written by Charles B. Reed and published in 1971 by the San Felipe Press out of Austin, Texas. A hardcover in dust jacket measuring 6-1/4" by 9-1/4" and containing 254 pages. From the inside dust jacket flap, "The rebellious generation rightfully asks of us, 'What alternatives do we have to violence or the cop-out?' This book proposes to give a straightforward answer to that question. 'In the Spring of '69,' says the author, 'SDS [Students for a Democratic Society] held its national convention in Austin. My youngest daughter brought me the literature distributed at that meeting and asked for my opinion of their manifesto. 'Education and Catastrophe' has grown out of that discussion and the dozens of others which followed.'" The Chapters are: Violence and Education; Socialism, Republicanism, and Utopia; The Communist Manifesto; Democracy, Anarchy, and the People's Capitalism; Anger, Revolution, and Radical Activism; The Structure of Government; Indoctrination and Education; Power to the People; Poverty and Hunger; Population Control; Pollution and Destruction; Our Military Posture Today; Labor v. Management; The People v. the Unions; From the Square Deal to the New Federalism; The Medical Hierarchy and the Legal Establishment; Your Personal Requirements in this Society; The Search for a Cause. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by author: "Charles B. Reed - To Janet Wheeler Warren with affection." Condition: (Book) - sunning to front and rear inside endpapers; (Dust Jacket) - sunning and light soil, periodic edge chips and closed tears. The dust jacket is protected in a removable Brodart Plasti-Kleer mylar archival cover.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Education and Catastrophe (Signed and Inscribed by Author)
• Publisher: San Felipe Press, Austin, TX
• Publication Date: 1971
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
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  • Novels: Signed