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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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1984
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ303817 |
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- Useful Knowledge and Morality: The San Francisco Mechanics' Institute, 1854-1906. Keane, Patrick Adult Education Citizenship Education Evening Programs Exhibits Extension Education Industrial Personnel Labor Education Library Role Reference Services Skilled Workers Social Control Special Libraries Working Class Details the history of the San Francisco Mechanics' Institute, discussing the origins of mechanics' institutes and of early San Francisco and focusing on the policy of social control, the contributions of president Andrew Hallidie, and the importance of such program components as the lending and reference library, exhibitions, public lectures, evening classes and university extension, and recreational clubs. (SK)