
Transcriber’s Note:
THE GOOSE-STEP
INTRODUCTORY
CHAPTER I THE LITTLE GOSLING
CHAPTER II THE COLLEGE GOOSE
CHAPTER III THE UNIVERSITY GOOSE
CHAPTER IV THE GOOSE-STEPPERS
CHAPTER V INTERLOCKING DIRECTORATES
CHAPTER VI THE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOUSE OF MORGAN
CHAPTER VII THE INTERLOCKING PRESIDENT
A searing expose that pulls back the curtain on the sprawling world of American higher education, this work follows a journalist‑turned‑investigator as he wanders through lecture halls, dormitories and boardrooms. From the quirky “Little Gosling” of small colleges to the massive “University of the House of Morgan,” he maps how corporate interests, political pressures and profit‑driven motives thread through curricula, faculty appointments and campus life. The early chapters reveal startling links between powerful trusts and university administrations, showing how student bodies become unwitting participants in a larger economic game.
Written with Sinclair’s characteristic vigor, the narrative blends vivid anecdotes, sharp statistics and pointed commentary, painting a picture of an academic system that often mirrors the very market forces it claims to transcend. Listeners will come away with a deeper understanding of how education can be both a beacon of opportunity and a tool of manipulation, and why the stakes are so high for the nation’s future generations.
Language
en
Duration
~19 hours (1134K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
KD Weeks, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Release date
2021-06-03
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1878–1968
Best known for The Jungle, he turned fiction into a tool for exposing injustice and pushing for reform. His stories mixed sharp reporting, moral urgency, and a deep belief that writing could change public life.
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