The Goose-step: A Study of American Education

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The Goose-step: A Study of American Education

by Upton Sinclair

EN·~19 hours·96 chapters

Chapters

96 total
1

Transcriber’s Note:

0:40
2

THE GOOSE-STEP

4:12
3

INTRODUCTORY

2:53
4

CHAPTER I THE LITTLE GOSLING

6:20
5

CHAPTER II THE COLLEGE GOOSE

12:28
6

CHAPTER III THE UNIVERSITY GOOSE

13:57
7

CHAPTER IV THE GOOSE-STEPPERS

8:07
8

CHAPTER V INTERLOCKING DIRECTORATES

10:24
9

CHAPTER VI THE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOUSE OF MORGAN

15:26
10

CHAPTER VII THE INTERLOCKING PRESIDENT

10:45

Description

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.

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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.

About the author

Upton Sinclair

Upton Sinclair

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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