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Exploring information heretofore overlooked, the work studies how Montessori education was influenced by the relationship between S. S. McClure and Maria Montessori, as well as what might have been had the two not experienced their dispute regarding control of the process and resultant feud. --CHOICE Bringing Montessori to America is a fascinating book about Maria Montessori and S. S. McClure, the man who brought her to America. This work reads like a novel. There is intrigue, deception, great highs and very low lows in the relationship befitting a great drama. --Vitae Scholasticae, 2016 There is much to like about Bringing Montessori to America. It provides a personal, behind-the-scenes view of American educational philanthropy and its connections to the burgeoning business of mass media. --Journal of American History Bringing Montessori to America is one of the first and perhaps only treatments of the relationship between S. S. McClure and Maria Montessori--a relationship that, had it not gone awry, could have institutionalized Montessori's promising 'auto-education' theory in the United States. This study should be a staple and case study for communications departments across the United States. --Karen L. Riley, author of Schools Behind Barbed Wire: The Untold Story of Wartime Internment and the Children of Arrested Enemy Aliens The Guteks provide a unique view of McClure's and Montessori's power struggle over how to present Montessori's method, leading to a better understanding of the split between the American Montessori Society and the Association Montessori Internationale. Scholarly without being dense, this engaging book will appeal to a wide range of readers. --Martha May Tevis, professor, Department of Education, University of Texas-Pan American

Bringing Montessori to America is one of the first and perhaps only treatments of the relationship between S. S. McClure and Maria Montessori--a relationship that, had it not gone awry, could have institutionalized Montessori's promising 'auto-education' theory in the United States. This study should be a staple and case study for communications departments across the United States. --Karen L. Riley, author of Schools Behind Barbed Wire: The Untold Story of Wartime Internment and the Children of Arrested Enemy Aliens The Guteks provide a unique view of McClure's and Montessori's power struggle over how to present Montessori's method, leading to a better understanding of the split between the American Montessori Society and the Association Montessori Internationale. Scholarly without being dense, this engaging book will appeal to a wide range of readers. --Martha May Tevis, professor, Department of Education, University of Texas-Pan American Exploring information heretofore overlooked, the work studies how Montessori education was influenced by the relationship between S. S. McClure and Maria Montessori, as well as what might have been had the two not experienced their dispute regarding control of the process and resultant feud. --CHOICE Bringing Montessori to America is a fascinating book about Maria Montessori and S. S. McClure, the man who brought her to America. This work reads like a novel. There is intrigue, deception, great highs and very low lows in the relationship befitting a great drama. --Vitae Scholasticae, 2016

Bringing Montessori to America is one of the first and perhaps only treatments of the relationship between S. S. McClure and Maria Montessori--a relationship that, had it not gone awry, could have institutionalized Montessori's promising 'auto-education' theory in the United States. This study should be a staple and case study for communications departments across the United States. --Karen L. Riley, author of Schools Behind Barbed Wire: The Untold Story of Wartime Internment and the Children of Arrested Enemy Aliens The Guteks provide a unique view of McClure's and Montessori's power struggle over how to present Montessori's method, leading to a better understanding of the split between the American Montessori Society and the Association Montessori Internationale. Scholarly without being dense, this engaging book will appeal to a wide range of readers. --Martha May Tevis, professor, Department of Education, University of Texas-Pan American Exploring information heretofore overlooked, the work studies how Montessori education was influenced by the relationship between S. S. McClure and Maria Montessori, as well as what might have been had the two not experienced their dispute regarding control of the process and resultant feud. --CHOICE Bringing Montessori to America is a fascinating book about Maria Montessori and S. S. McClure, the man who brought her to America. This work reads like a novel. There is intrigue, deception, great highs and very low lows in the relationship befitting a great drama. --Vitae Scholasticae, 2016

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Gerald L. Gutek is a professor emeritus of education at Loyola University Chicago, where he was also the dean of the School of Education. He is the author of Pestalozzi and Education, The Educational Theory of George S. Counts, Education and Schooling in America, The Montessori Method: The Origins of an Educational Innovation, and New Perspectives on Philosophy and Education. Patricia A. Gutek is the coauthor with Gerald L. Gutek of seven books, including Visiting Utopian Communities: A Guide to the Shakers, Moravians, and Others; Pathways to the Presidency: A Guide to the Lives, Homes, and Museums of the U.S. Presidents; and Plantations and Outdoor Museums in America’s Historic South.

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