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The Goose-step: A Study of American EducationUpton Sinclair

The Goose-step: A Study of American Education

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Original author: Upton Sinclair

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"The Goose-step: A Study of American Education" by Upton Sinclair is a muckraking investigation published in 1923. Sinclair argues that American universities serve plutocratic interests rather than public welfare, controlled through interlocking directorates of bankers and businessmen on boards of trustees. Drawing from interviews with over a thousand people, he exposes how academic freedom is suppressed and faculty members are punished for political dissent. The book reveals a system where education trains students to uphold capitalist power rather than pursue truth.

The Goose-step: A Study of American Education, by Upton Sinclair. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #65492.

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94 Chapters

  1. 1.Front Matter1,023 words
  2. 2.Chapter I: The Little Gosling1,094 words
  3. 3.Chapter II: The College Goose2,140 words
  4. 4.Chapter III: The University Goose2,386 words
  5. 5.Chapter IV: The Goose-Steppers1,408 words
  6. 6.Chapter V: Interlocking Directorates1,696 words
  7. 7.Chapter VI: The University of the House of Morgan2,489 words
  8. 8.Chapter VII: The Interlocking President1,772 words
  9. 9.Chapter VIII: The Scholar in Politics2,235 words
  10. 10.Chapter IX: Nicholas Miraculous1,926 words
  11. 11.Chapter X: The Lightning-Change Artist1,894 words
  12. 12.Chapter XI: The Twilight Zone1,885 words
  13. 13.Chapter XII: The Academic Department Store1,361 words
  14. 14.Chapter XIII: The Empire of Dullness1,558 words
  15. 15.Chapter XIV: The University of Lee-Higginson1,881 words
  16. 16.Chapter XV: The Harvard Tradition2,075 words
  17. 17.Chapter XVI: Free Speech but1,903 words
  18. 18.Chapter XVII: Interference1,861 words
  19. 19.Chapter XVIII: The Laski Lampoon2,058 words
  20. 20.Chapter XIX: Raking the Dust-Heaps1,271 words
  21. 21.Chapter XX: The University of U. G. I2,477 words
  22. 22.Chapter XXI: Stealing a Trust Fund1,746 words
  23. 23.Chapter XXII: Professor Billy Sunday1,778 words
  24. 24.Chapter XXIII: The Triumph of Death1,553 words
  25. 25.Chapter XXIV: The Tiger’s Lair1,605 words
  26. 26.Chapter XXV: Peacocks and Slums2,413 words
  27. 27.Chapter XXVI: The Bull-Dog’s Den1,850 words
  28. 28.Chapter XXVII: The University of the Black Hand2,334 words
  29. 29.Chapter XXVIII: The Fortress of Medievalism1,760 words
  30. 30.Chapter XXIX: The Dean of Imperialism1,469 words
  31. 31.Chapter XXX: The Mob of Little Haters1,704 words
  32. 32.Chapter XXXI: The Drill Sergeant on the Campus2,623 words
  33. 33.Chapter XXXII: The Story of Stanford2,202 words
  34. 34.Chapter XXXIII: The Wind of Freedom1,774 words
  35. 35.Chapter XXXIV: The Stanford Skeleton2,510 words
  36. 36.Chapter XXXV: The University of the Lumber Trust2,183 words
  37. 37.Chapter XXXVI: The University of the Chimes1,623 words
  38. 38.Chapter XXXVII: The Universities of the Anaconda2,056 words
  39. 39.Chapter XXXVIII: The University of the Latter-Day Saints1,373 words
  40. 40.Chapter XXXIX: The Mining Camp University1,424 words
  41. 41.Chapter XL: The Colleges of the Smelter Trust2,059 words
  42. 42.Chapter XLI: A Land Grant College2,143 words
  43. 43.Chapter XLII: An Agricultural Melodrama1,189 words
  44. 44.Chapter XLIII: The University of Wheat1,308 words
  45. 45.Chapter XLIV: The University of the Ore Trust3,000 words
  46. 46.Chapter XLV: The Academic Wink2,322 words
  47. 47.Chapter XLVI: Introducing a University President1,794 words
  1. 48.Chapter XLVII: Introducing a Board of Regents1,461 words
  2. 49.Chapter XLVIII: The Price of Liberty1,869 words
  3. 50.Chapter XLIX: The People and Their University1,677 words
  4. 51.Chapter L: Education F. O. B. Chicago1,394 words
  5. 52.Chapter LI: The University of Standard Oil2,001 words
  6. 53.Chapter LII: Little Halls for Radicals2,028 words
  7. 54.Chapter LIII: The University of Judge Gary1,652 words
  8. 55.Chapter LIV: The University of the Grand Duchess1,831 words
  9. 56.Chapter LV: The University of Automobiles3,013 words
  10. 57.Chapter LVI: The University of the Steel Trust2,335 words
  11. 58.Chapter LVII: The University of Heaven1,813 words
  12. 59.Chapter LVIII: The Harpooner of Whales2,171 words
  13. 60.Chapter LIX: An Academic Tragedy1,574 words
  14. 61.Chapter LX: The Geography Line1,427 words
  15. 62.Chapter LXI: A Leap Into the Limelight2,486 words
  16. 63.Chapter LXII: The Process of Fordization1,725 words
  17. 64.Chapter LXIII: Intellectual Dry-Rot2,417 words
  18. 65.Chapter LXIV: The University of Jabbergrab2,354 words
  19. 66.Chapter LXV: The Growth of Jabbergrab1,384 words
  20. 67.Chapter LXVI: Jabbergrab in Journalism2,433 words
  21. 68.Chapter LXVII: The City Colleges1,947 words
  22. 69.Chapter LXVIII: The Large Mushrooms1,752 words
  23. 70.Chapter LXIX: The Little Toadstools2,491 words
  24. 71.Chapter LXX: God and Mammon2,367 words
  25. 72.Chapter LXXI: The Orang-Outang Hunters1,620 words
  26. 73.Chapter LXXII: The Academic Pogrom2,733 words
  27. 74.Chapter LXXIII: The Semi-Simian Mob2,889 words
  28. 75.Chapter LXXIV: The Rah-Rah Boys2,568 words
  29. 76.Chapter LXXV: The Social Traitors2,223 words
  30. 77.Chapter LXXVI: Prexy2,827 words
  31. 78.Chapter LXXVII: Damn the Faculty2,148 words
  32. 79.Chapter LXXVIII: Small Souls1,563 words
  33. 80.Chapter LXXIX: The World of “hush”3,513 words
  34. 81.Chapter LXXX: The Foundations of Fraud1,723 words
  35. 82.Chapter LXXXI: The Bolshevik Hunters2,202 words
  36. 83.Chapter LXXXII: The Helen Ghouls2,196 words
  37. 84.Chapter LXXXIII: The Shepard’s Crook1,423 words
  38. 85.Chapter LXXXIV: Cities of Refuge3,077 words
  39. 86.Chapter LXXXV: The Academic Rabbits1,774 words
  40. 87.Chapter LXXXVI: Workers’ Education1,917 words
  41. 88.Chapter LXXXVII: The Spider and the Fly1,568 words
  42. 89.Chapter LXXXVIII: The Workers’ Colleges1,753 words
  43. 90.Chapter LXXXIX: The Professors’ Union1,924 words
  44. 91.Chapter XC: The Professors’ Strike1,898 words
  45. 92.Chapter XCI: Educating the Educators2,101 words
  46. 93.Chapter XCII: The League of Youth1,120 words
  47. 94.Chapter XCIII: The Open Forum6,867 words