Arthur William Dunn

Arthur William Dunn
Arthur William Dunn was an American educator and writer known for his contributions to civic education in the early 20th century. He authored "The Community and the Citizen" (1907), a textbook aimed at teaching young people about the responsibilities and functions of citizenship. Dunn's work emphasized the importance of local government and community participation in fostering a strong democracy. His writings have been influential in shaping the way civic education was integrated into American schools.

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This book, like the author's earlier one, The Community and the Citizen, is a "community civics" text. Two purposes led to the preparation of this second volume. The first was to produce a text that would meet the needs of pupils and teachers who live outside of the environment of the large city. Training for citizenship in a democracy is a fundamentally identical process in all... more...