The art of freedom
Subtitle: teaching the humanities to the poor
By: Earl Shorris
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780393081275
Subjects: Poor; Study and teaching; Education; Humanistic Education; Humanities; Adult education
Description: Documents the author's observations of circumstances reflected in a maximum-security prison and subsequent launch of a humanities college course for dropouts, immigrants and former inmates who eventually became high-achieving contributors to society.