You Can't Padlock an Idea: Rhetorical Education at the Highlander Folk School, 1932-1961

by Stephen A. Schneider

You Can't Padlock an Idea examines the educational programs undertaken at the Highlander Folk School in Tennessee and looks specifically at how these programs functioned rhetorically to promote democratic social change. Founded in 1932 by educator Myles Horton, the Highlander Folk School sought to address the economic and political problems facing communities in Appalachian Tennessee and other southern states. To this end Horton and the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611173817
• ISBN13: 9781611173819
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.1"