The promise of progressivism
Subtitle: Angelo Patri and American education
By: James M. Wallace.
Series: History of schools and schooling ;; v. 45
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
Subjects: Patri, Angelo, b. 1876.; Educators -- United States -- Biography.; Progressive education -- United States -- History.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Becoming American, 1876-1907; title: Schoolmaster of the great city : the man and the book, 1907-1913; title: Preserving progressivism in an elementary school, 1913-1929; title: Mid-career interlude : Patri visits Italy in 1927 / by Guiseppe Pepe; title: Preserving progressivism in a junior high school, 1929-1944; title: The last day / by Angelo Patri; title: Patri as translator, author, journalist, public speaker; title: Childhood in the thought of Angelo Patri / by Lucia Bellatalla; title: The childless patriarch : Patri's family life; title: Perspectives on Patri; title: Country gentleman : Patri in retirement; title: The legacies of Angelo Patri.