InteLex The Correspondence of John Dewey
CD-ROM

Editor:  Larry A. Hickman
Publication Date:  1992
Publisher:  InteLex
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Synopsis:  The Correspondence of John Dewey, winner of a Choice "Outstanding Academic Title, 1999" award, is a comprehensive electronic edition of letters to, from, and about John Dewey.
Volume 1: 1871-1918, includes letters of Dewey's family and the family of his first wife, Alice Chipman; Dewey's graduate school years and his years at the University of Michigan and the University of Minnesota; his marriage and family life; his decade at the University of Chicago and the founding of the "Dewey School"; his move to Columbia University; his role as a founder of the American Association of University Professors, and his political activities during World War I.
Volume 2: 1919-1939, includes correspondence pertaining to Dewey's lectures in Japan and China; his visits to Turkey, Mexico, and the Soviet Union; the death of his wife Alice; his first retirement from Columbia University; his activism during the Great Depression; his role as chair of the Trotsky inquiry, and his second retirement from Columbia University.
Volume 3: 1940-1953, includes correspondence pertaining to Dewey’s defense of academic freedom during World War II and the cold war; his defense of Bertrand Russell; his marriage to Roberta Lowitz Grant; his ninetieth birthday celebration; his death in 1952, and the correspondence that followed through the end of the year.