Star Course Nineteenth-Century Lecture Tours and the Consolidation of Modern Celebrity /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Cherches, Peter (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Rotterdam : SensePublishers : Imprint: SensePublishers, 2017.
• Σειρά: Transdisciplinary Studies
• Θέματα: Education.; Education, general.

In the quarter century following the Civil War, “star courses” brought people famous for diverse pursuits before American audiences as lecturers, transforming what had been a largely educational institution into a major form of mainstream popular entertainment. No longer reliant on a rhetoric of upl...