A lively exploration of how nonfiction books have kept Americans learning long after leaving college
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A seminal work of impeccable scholarship and a very highly recommended addition to both academic and community library collections. --Margaret Lane, The Midwest Book Review (July 2010)
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A seminal work of impeccable scholarship,
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This review is from: Expanding the American Mind: Books and the Popularization of Knowledge (Paperback)
The concept of 'life long learning' was well reinforced in the 20th Century by the rapid expansions and advancements across the board with respect to all of the physical and social sciences. These advances in information expanded from the university into the general public through the publishing of non-fiction titles written by experts in their respective fields of expertise specifically for the non-specialist general reader. This popularization of academically generated data has led to an enduringly significant impact upon popular culture. In "Expanding the American Mind: Books and the Popularization of Knowledge", author and the former director of the Scholarly Publishing Program at Arizona State University Beth Luey examines the history of this phenomena, including a survey of the readers of popularized science books with respect to their motivations in their selection and evaluation process. A thoroughly 'reader friendly' book in its own right, "Expanding the American Mind: Books and the Popularization of Knowledge" is a seminal work of impeccable scholarship and a very highly recommended addition to both academic and community library collections.
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