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ERIC Number: EJ401675
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1989
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From Salomon's House to the Land-Grant College: Practical Arts Education and the Utopian Vision of Progress.
Waterous, Frank B.
Educational Theory, v39 n4 p359-72 Fall 1989
This article explores the significance of practical arts education in both the utopian literary tradition and American social development. An argument is presented that land grant colleges partly evolved in response to the ideas expressed in literary utopias regarding the utilization of knowledge for individual and social betterment. (IAH)
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational History, Educational Philosophy, Females, Higher Education, Land Grant Universities, Literary History, Literature Reviews, Practical Arts, Role of Education, United States History
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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