© Columbia University Press
The Education of John Dewey: A Biography
February, 2003
Cloth, 592 pages, 50 photos
ISBN: 978-0-231-11676-3
$44.50
/ £26.00
Book I: Emergence
Childhood
The Christian Influence
The Beginning of John Dewey's Education
A Career in Teaching?
Or a Career in Philosophy?
Dewey's Philosophic Influences
Becoming a Philosopher
Finding Both a Philosophic Niche and a Job
Dewey in Love
Dewey's Philosophy Expands
Dewey's Reputation Builds
Fred Dewey
To Minnesota and Back to Michigan
Writing About Ethics
A Utopian Deception
Family Life
Harper and the University of Chicago
Book II: Experience
Wealth and Poverty
Evelyn Dewey
Another Kind of Education
Morris Dewey
Overworking at the University of Chicago
More Publications
Progressive Education
The Lab School
Resignation
Lucy Dewey
Jane Dewey
Columbia Comes to the Rescue
Back to Europe
Starting Over
The Gorky Affair
Five Arcs of Activities
More Publications
Dewey's Teaching Style
War
New Restrictions
The Aftermath
The Polish Project
Alexander's Influence on Dewey
Diversions
Dewey's Interest in Poland
Book III: Engagement
Alice's Depression
On to Japan
China and "New Culture''
No League and No War
Sabino Dewey
Idealism Becomes Corruption
Now to Turkey
Then to Mexico
Losing Alice
Dewey Among the Soviets
Three More Books
Lectures
Enjoying Life Again
Dewey Turns Seventy
The Stock Market Crash and Its Aftermath
Dewey's Political Philosophy
Dewey's Interest in the Arts
The Last Educational Mission
Leon Trotsky
Dewey's Logic
Dewey and Valuation
Dewey's Eightieth Birthday Celebration
A New Interest in Education
Bertrand Russell
More Controversies
Dewey's Views of Education
After the War
John and Roberta
The Last Birthday Celebration
The End
Last Words