Maclure of New Harmony : scientist, progressive educator, radical philanthropist /

Maclure of New Harmony : scientist, progressive educator, radical philanthropist /

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A native Scotsman, Maclure (1763-1840) became a merchant, made a fortune, and retired in his early thirties. Then, fascinated by the study of geology, Maclure did fieldwork throughout Europe before travelling to the United States, where he completed the first geological survey of his adopted nation...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Warren, Leonard, 1924-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2009], ©2009
Bloomington : c2009
Bloomington : ©2009
Bloomington : [2009]
Subjects:
Maclure, William, > 1763-1840
19th century
To 1865
To 1899
Educational change > United States > History > 19th century
Educators > United States > Biography
Geological surveys > United States > History > 19th century
Geologists > United States > Biography
Social reformers > United States > Biography
Utopias > United States > History > 19th century
Educational change
Educators
Geological surveys
Geologists
History
Social conditions
Social history
Social reformers
Utopias
New Harmony (Ind.) > History > 19th century
United States > Social conditions > To 1865
Indiana > New Harmony
United States
Biographies
Biography
collective biographies
Table of Contents:
  • Origins and the Making of a Life
  • Philadelphia (1796-1800)
  • Political and Economic Philosophy
  • European Sojourn (1800-1808)
  • The Maclurean Era of American Geology
  • Introduction of Progressive Education to the United States
  • The Grand Tour of Europe (1809-1815)
  • Patron of the Natural Sciences
  • Spanish Years and Return to America
  • Robert Owen, Maclure, and the Utopian Commune
  • Harmonie to New Harmony
  • A Boatload of Knowledge
  • Education in New Harmony
  • Trouble in Paradise
  • Out of the Ashes
  • Withdrawal to Mexico
  • Crippling Losses of Madame Fretageot and Thomas Say
  • New Harmony Adrift
  • The Working Men's Institute and the Death of William Maclure
  • 1 Origins and the Making of a Life
  • 2. Philadelphia (1796-1800)
  • 3. Political and Economic Philosophy
  • 4. European Sojourn (1800-1808)
  • 5. The Maclurean Era of American Geology
  • 6. Introduction of Progressive Education to the United States
  • 7. The Grand Tour of Europe (1809-1815)
  • 8. Patron of the Natural Sciences
  • 9. Spanish Years and Return to America
  • 10. Robert Owen, Maclure, and the Utopian Commune
  • 11. Harmonie to New Harmony
  • 12. A Boatload of Knowledge
  • 13. Education in New Harmony
  • 14. Trouble in Paradise
  • 15. Out of the Ashes
  • 16. Withdrawal to Mexico
  • 17. Crippling Losses of Madame Fretageot and Thomas Say
  • 18. New Harmony Adrift
  • 19. The Working Men's Institute and the Death of William Maclure.
  • 1 Origins and the Making of a Life
  • 2. Philadelphia (1796-1800)
  • 3. Political and Economic Philosophy
  • 4. European Sojourn (1800-1808)
  • 5. The Maclurean Era of American Geology
  • 6. Introduction of Progressive Education to the United States
  • 7. The Grand Tour of Europe (1809-1815)
  • 8. Patron of the Natural Sciences
  • 9. Spanish Years and Return to America
  • 10. Robert Owen, Maclure, and the Utopian Commune
  • 11. Harmonie to New Harmony
  • 12. A Boatload of Knowledge
  • 13. Education in New Harmony
  • 14. Trouble in Paradise
  • 15. Out of the Ashes
  • 16. Withdrawal to Mexico
  • 17. Crippling Losses of Madame Fretageot and Thomas Say
  • 18. New Harmony Adrift
  • 19. The Working Men's Institute and the Death of William Maclure.

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