Author: American Lyceum
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Category : Lyceums
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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The Lyceum and Public Culture in the Nineteenth-century United States
Author: Angela G. Ray
Publisher: MSU Press
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Angela Ray provides a refreshing new look at the lyceum lecture system as it developed in the United States from the 1820s to the 1880s. She argues that the lyceum contributed to the creation of an American "public" at a time when the country experienced a rapid change in land area, increasing immigration, and a revolution in transportation, communication technology, and social roles. The history of the lyceum in the nineteenth century illustrates a process of expansion, diffusion, and eventual commercialization. In the late 1820s, a politically and economically dominant culture--the white Protestant northeastern middle class--institutionalized the practice of public debating and public lecturing for education and moral uplift. In the 1820s and 1830s, the lyceum was characterized by organized groups in cities and towns, particularly in the Northeast and the Old Northwest (now the Midwest). These groups were established to promote debate, to create a setting for study, and to provide a forum for members' lecturing. By the 1840s and 1850s, however, most lyceums concentrated on the sponsorship of public lectures, presented for institutional profit as well as public instruction and entertainment. Eventually, lyceum lectures became a commercial enterprise and desirable platform for celebrities who wished to expand their incomes from lecturing.
Publisher: MSU Press
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Angela Ray provides a refreshing new look at the lyceum lecture system as it developed in the United States from the 1820s to the 1880s. She argues that the lyceum contributed to the creation of an American "public" at a time when the country experienced a rapid change in land area, increasing immigration, and a revolution in transportation, communication technology, and social roles. The history of the lyceum in the nineteenth century illustrates a process of expansion, diffusion, and eventual commercialization. In the late 1820s, a politically and economically dominant culture--the white Protestant northeastern middle class--institutionalized the practice of public debating and public lecturing for education and moral uplift. In the 1820s and 1830s, the lyceum was characterized by organized groups in cities and towns, particularly in the Northeast and the Old Northwest (now the Midwest). These groups were established to promote debate, to create a setting for study, and to provide a forum for members' lecturing. By the 1840s and 1850s, however, most lyceums concentrated on the sponsorship of public lectures, presented for institutional profit as well as public instruction and entertainment. Eventually, lyceum lectures became a commercial enterprise and desirable platform for celebrities who wished to expand their incomes from lecturing.
Ma Gastronomie. Fernand Point
Author: Fernand Point
Publisher: Duckworth Publishing
ISBN: 9780715638361
Category : Cooking, French
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Since its first publication in France in 1969, Fernand Point's 'Ma Gastronomie' has taken its place among the true classics of French gastronomy. It is as celebrated for Point's wise, witty and provocative views on food as for his remarkable, inventive recipes, carefully compiled from his handwritten notes.
Publisher: Duckworth Publishing
ISBN: 9780715638361
Category : Cooking, French
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Since its first publication in France in 1969, Fernand Point's 'Ma Gastronomie' has taken its place among the true classics of French gastronomy. It is as celebrated for Point's wise, witty and provocative views on food as for his remarkable, inventive recipes, carefully compiled from his handwritten notes.
American Lyceum
Author: American Lyceum
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Category : Lyceums
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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Publisher:
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Category : Lyceums
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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Lyceum World
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Category : Lectures and lecturing
Languages : en
Pages : 782
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Category : Lectures and lecturing
Languages : en
Pages : 782
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The Cosmopolitan Lyceum
Author: Tom F. Wright
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ISBN: 9781625340597
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
From the 1830s to the 1900s, a circuit of lecture halls known as the lyceum movement flourished across the United States. At its peak, up to a million people a week regularly attended talks in local venues, captivated by the words of visiting orators who spoke on an extensive range of topics. The movement was a major intellectual and cultural force of this nation-building period, forming the creative environment of writers and public figures such as Frederic Douglass, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Anna Dickinson, and Mark Twain. The phenomenon of the lyceum has commonly been characterized as inward looking and nationalistic. Yet as this collection of essays reveals, nineteenth-century audiences were fascinated by information from around the globe, and lecturers frequently spoke to their fellow Americans of their connection to the world beyond the nation and helped them understand exotic ways of life. Never simple in its engagement with cosmopolitan ideas, the lyceum provided a powerful public encounter with international currents and crosscurrents, foreshadowing the problems and paradoxes that continue to resonate in our globalized world. This book offers a major reassessment of this important cultural phenomenon, bringing together diverse scholars from history, rhetoric, and literary studies. The twelve essays use a range of approaches, cover a wide chronological timespan, and discuss a variety of performers both famous and obscure. In addition to the volume editor, contributors include Robert Arbour, Thomas Augst, Susan Branson, Virginia Garnett, Peter Gibian, Sara Lampert, Angela Ray, Evan Roberts, Paul Stob, Mary Zboray, and Ronald Zboray.
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ISBN: 9781625340597
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
From the 1830s to the 1900s, a circuit of lecture halls known as the lyceum movement flourished across the United States. At its peak, up to a million people a week regularly attended talks in local venues, captivated by the words of visiting orators who spoke on an extensive range of topics. The movement was a major intellectual and cultural force of this nation-building period, forming the creative environment of writers and public figures such as Frederic Douglass, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Anna Dickinson, and Mark Twain. The phenomenon of the lyceum has commonly been characterized as inward looking and nationalistic. Yet as this collection of essays reveals, nineteenth-century audiences were fascinated by information from around the globe, and lecturers frequently spoke to their fellow Americans of their connection to the world beyond the nation and helped them understand exotic ways of life. Never simple in its engagement with cosmopolitan ideas, the lyceum provided a powerful public encounter with international currents and crosscurrents, foreshadowing the problems and paradoxes that continue to resonate in our globalized world. This book offers a major reassessment of this important cultural phenomenon, bringing together diverse scholars from history, rhetoric, and literary studies. The twelve essays use a range of approaches, cover a wide chronological timespan, and discuss a variety of performers both famous and obscure. In addition to the volume editor, contributors include Robert Arbour, Thomas Augst, Susan Branson, Virginia Garnett, Peter Gibian, Sara Lampert, Angela Ray, Evan Roberts, Paul Stob, Mary Zboray, and Ronald Zboray.
The Lyceum Banner
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 690
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 690
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Family Lyceum
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 230
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 230
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American Lyceum, with the Proceedings of the Conference Held in N.Y., May 4, 1831, to Organize the National Department of the Institution
Author: American Lyceum
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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The British Lyceum
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Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 154
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Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 154
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Schools, Lyceums, and Lyceum Seminary
Author: Josiah HOLBROOK
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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