This book traces the early history of the Montessori movement in the United States through the lives and careers of four key American women: Anne George, Margaret Naumburg, Helen Parkhurst, and Adelia Pyle.
This book traces the early history of the Montessori movement in the United States through the lives and careers of four key American women: Anne George, Margaret Naumburg, Helen Parkhurst, and Adelia Pyle.
This is a guidebook to 20 of America's 19th-centiry utopian communities, from the buildings and furnishings of Hancock Shaker Village to the gardens at Old Salem which reflect the country's long-standing fascination with idyllic societies isolated the rest of humanity.
The writers of this travel guide seek to introduce the reader to the pleasures of exploring historic America - in particular, the preserved... Læs mere