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Rehearsing Revolutions

Paperback • 2019 • 1. edition

Rehearsing Revolutions

By Mary McAvoy

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About the book

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 arg...Show more

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9781609386412

Publisher

University of Iowa Press

Published year

2019

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1

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Rehearsing Revolutions

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Paperback

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