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Depicting the ways that adult education has evolved as society has changed and how it has been incorporated into lifelong learning, this is a truly unique set that puts a stamp on an exciting field and important, far-reaching issues. These five volumes represent a great advance to scholars, as this is the first comprehensive overview of the field.The set draws on books, journals, reports and historical papers to map the vast field of education for adults. The writings included in the set have influenced the development of both the practice and the study of adult education from the Guilds to vocational education, distance learning and leisure learning. The collection also covers the recent emergence of corporations as new providers of education for adults with the corporate classroom, corporate universities and consultancies.A detailed index and new introduction by the editor will help the reader navigate this wealth of diverse material.

Volume 1: Liberal Adult Education, Part IArchaeology1. Condorcet's Address to the National Assembly 2. Wray Mrs Mary 'The Ladies Library' Vol 1, Published by Mr Steele in London [1714]3. Proposal for the Raising by Subscription a Fund to be Distributed in Premiums for the Promotion of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Manufactures Etc -Mission Statement and Incorporation4. Essay on the Education of Youth Intended for the Profession of Agriculture By M. Mochard (Translated from the French and Dedicated to the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Agriculture, etc. London) [1777]5. A History of Origin and Progress of Adult Schools (pp1-5) (1816) Thomas Pole Bristol: C McDowall (Second Edition, corrected and enlarged)6. Huey Long Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) Early Innovators in Adult Education pp.41-52 [Routledge, 1991]The Liberal Tradition7. J. S. Noffsinger The Historical Lyceum Corredspondence Schools, Lyceums, Chautauquas [Macmillan, 1926]8. A. Mansbridge Working Men and Continuation Schools The Kingdom of the Mind9. K Bugge Grundtvig's Educational Ideas From Thodberg C and Thyssen A P (eds) N. F. S. Grundtvig: tradition and renewal [The Danish Institute]10. Thomas G. Masaryk The Universal Need of Adult Education (President of Czechoslovakia -presidential address to the Council of the World Association for Adult Education) [1927]11. 1919 Report - Arthur L Smith's Letter to Lloyd George, presenting the Report London: Ministry of Reconstruction 1919 - paras i-iii and vi-xi. - reprinted by University of Nottingham Department of Adult Education12. Churchill's Letter to Vincent Thewson - from the Ashby Report The Ashby Report Reprinted by University of Nottingham Dept of Adult Education.13. R. H. Tawney National College of All Souls The Attack pp.29-34 [George Allen and Unwin, 1953]14. John Dewey Education as Growth Democracy and Education pp.49-53 [MacMillan, 1916]15. Robert Peers The Nottingham Experiment 1920-1935 World Association of Adult Education Bulletin (Second Series) pp.1-16 [1935]16. E. C. Lindeman For Those Who Need to be Learners The Meaning of Adult Education pp. 3-9 [The New Republic Inc, 1926]17. R. M. Hutchins Education Through Great Books Great Books pp3-14 [Simon Schuster, 1954]18. UNESCO Montreal Declaration on Adult Education [UNESCO, 1960]19. Adult Education a Plan for Development, Russell Report pp. 1-4 [HMSO, 1973]20. James Callaghan Towards a National Debate, published with the permission of Lord Callaghan21. Nell Keddie Adult Education: an Ideology of Individualism Adult Education for a Change pp. 45-64 ed. Jane Thompson [Hutchinson]Adult Christian Tradition22. J. L. Hurlbut Some Primal Principles The Story of Chautauqua pp.27-37 [G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1921]23. B. Yeaxlee The Relationship of Adult Education to Religion Spiritual Values in Adult Education pp.59-88 [Oxford University Press, Vol 1]Lifelong Education24. B. Yeaxlee Students All - Why Lifelong Education Chapter 2 [Cassell, 1929]25. P. Lengrand Lifelong Education: Growth of the Concept Lifelong Education for Adults pp.5-9 ed. C. Titmus [Pergamon Press, 1989]26. A Pluralistic Model Permanent Education pp.469-477 [Council of Europe, Strassburg 1970]27. Recurrent Education: a Strategy for Lifelong Learning [OECD, 1973]28. The Mondale Act - from the Higher Education Act amendment reprinted in Lifelong Learning in America pp.327-34229. Ettore Gelpi Lifelong Education: Concept and Aim Lifelong Education and International Relations [Croom Helm, 1985]The Learning Society30. J. R. Kidd The Educative Society 18-80 Continuing Edu

This collection draws on books, journals, reports and historical papers to map the vast field of education for adults. This collection will make many major works more readily available.