Research Catalog

Black Mountain; an exploration in community, by Martin Duberman.

Title
Black Mountain; an exploration in community, by Martin Duberman.
Author
Duberman, Martin B.
Publication
New York, Dutton, 1972.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
Request for On-site UseRequest Scan
How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?
TextRequest in advance Educu 3475.10Off-site

Details

Description
527 p. illus.; 24 cm.
Summary
Black Mountain College was an experimental college founded in 1933 by John Andrew Rice, Theodore Dreier, and several others. Based in Black Mountain, North Carolina, the school was ideologically organized around John Dewey's principles of education, which emphasized holistic learning and the study of art as central to a liberal arts education.
Subject
  • Creeley, Robert, 1926-2005
  • Duncan, Robert, 1919-1988
  • Olson, Charles, 1910-1970
  • Williams, Jonathan, 1929-
  • Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963
  • Black Mountain College (Black Mountain, N.C.) > History
  • Geschichte
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The Rollins fracas -- A beginning -- Anni and Josef Albers -- The thirties -- Schism -- A new home -- The split -- Aftermaths and continuities -- New definitions of the community -- Entries and exits -- Transition -- A new Black Mountain -- Olson -- Expelled and imploding.
ISBN
0525068066
LCCN
^^^70158583^//r86
OCLC
  • 507850
  • SCSB-11238257
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library