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Rehearsing revolutions : the labor drama experiment and radical activism in the early twentieth century /
"Between the world wars, several labor colleges sprouted up across the U.S. These schools, funded by unions, sought to provide members with adult education while also indoctrinating them into the cause. As Mary McAvoy reveals, a big part of that learning experience centered on the schools'...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Iowa City :
University of Iowa Press,
[2019]
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| Colección: | Studies in theatre history and culture.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Between the world wars, several labor colleges sprouted up across the U.S. These schools, funded by unions, sought to provide members with adult education while also indoctrinating them into the cause. As Mary McAvoy reveals, a big part of that learning experience centered on the schools' drama programs. For the first time, Rehearsing Revolutions shows how these left-leaning drama programs prepared American workers for the 'on-the-ground' activism emerging across the country. In fact, McAvoy argues, these amateur stages served as 'training grounds' for radical social activism in early twentieth-century America"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 260 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781609386429 1609386426 |