Progressive Politics and the Training of America's Persuaders

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Acknowledgments ix
• Introduction xi
• 1 - The Current/Traditional Paradigm and the Powerless Citizen 1
• 2 - To Create a New Social Order: Progressivism's Three Tiers of Education 21
• 3 - At Wisconsin: A Progressive Writing Curriculum for Advanced Students 39
• 4 - Professional Writing Instruction Crosses the Country 70
• 5 - University-Trained Persuaders Sell Reform, Consumerism, and War 95
• 6 - After World War I: A Cacophony of Persuasion 132
• 7 - "The Unknown Citizen": A Conclusion 145
• Works Cited 151
• Author Index 161
• Subject Index 165