The collected letters of Henry Northrup Castle / edited by George Herbert Mead and Helen Castle Mead ; introduction by Alfred L. Castle ; foreword by Marvin Krislov.
George Herbert Mead, one of America's most important and influential philosophers, a founder of pragmatism, social psychology, and symbolic interactionism, was also a keen observer of American culture and early modernism. In the period from the 1870s to 1895, Henry Northrup Castle maintained a correspondence with family members and with Mead-his best friend at Oberlin College and brother-in-law-that reveals many of the intellectual, economic, and cultural forces that shaped American thought in that complex era. Close friends of John Dewey, Jane Addams, and other leading Chicago Progressives,
Record details
- ISBN: 082144431X
- ISBN: 9780821444313
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxiv, 812 pages, 26 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations
- Publisher: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press ; ©2012.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Facsimile reprint. Originally published as: Letters. London : [privately printed], 1902. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages xxii-xxiv). |
Formatted Contents Note: | Foreword; Introduction; Henry Northrup Castle Letters; Note; A Few Recollections of Henry's Childhood; Letters |
Language Note: | English. |
Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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Genre: | Electronic books. Personal correspondence. |