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Milton Mayer (1908–1986)

Autor(a) de They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45

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Obras de Milton Mayer

Associated Works

Civil Disobedience: Theory and Practice (1969) — Contribuinte — 60 cópias
The Fireside Treasury of Modern Humor (1963) — Contribuinte — 5 cópias

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Conhecimento Comum

Nome de batismo
Meyer, Milton Sanford
Data de nascimento
1908-08-24
Data de falecimento
1986-04-20
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Local de falecimento
Carmel, California, USA
Educação
University of Chicago
Ocupação
journalist
teacher
author
columnist
Organizações
Associated Press
The Progressive
University of Chicago
University of Massachusetts
University of Louisville
Chicago Evening American
Pequena biografia
Milton Mayer was born in Chicago, Illinois, to a Jewish American family, the son of Morris Samuel and Louise Gerson Mayer. He graduated from Englewood High School, where he received a classical education with an emphasis on Latin and languages. He attended the University of Chicago in 1925–1928, but but did not earn a degree. He became a reporter for the Associated Press, the Chicago Evening Post, and the Chicago American. He wrote a monthly column in the Progressive magazine for more than 40 years. During his stint at the Post, he married his first wife Bertha Tepper, with whom he had two daughters. In 1945, they divorced, and two years later, he remarried to Jane Scully, who had two sons from a previous marriage.

Mayer is probably best remembered for his influential book They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45, first published in 1955. It was a study of the lives of a group of 10 ordinary Germans from the town of Marburg under the Third Reich, based on extensive interviews Mayer did with them, and his research. Other books included What Can a Man Do? (1964) and The Revolution in Education (1944, with co-author Mortimer Adler). He also taught at the University of Chicago, the University of Massachusetts, and the University of Louisville, as well as universities abroad. In the mid-1950s, along with Bayard Rustin, he served on the committee that wrote the Quaker pamphlet, Speak Truth to Power (1955); Mayer is credited with suggesting the title of this seminal work. During the 1960s, he challenged the State Department's refusal to grant him a passport after he would not sign the loyalty oath then required. Following the Supreme Court's 1964 decision in Aptheker v. Secretary of State that the relevant portion of the McCarran Act was unconstitutional, he got his passport.

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A profound experience. Opens up the experience of being a citizen and should be read by everyone. Who is responsible? How? If they aren't just exactly like us then what are they like? As much a book about America as it is about Germany. I would say it is critically important to read especially at this time so near to trump's presidency and the obvious split between what seems rational and what half the country professes to believe. If you haven't seen the red in the eyes of the people gathering in hate then perhaps this will help you to understand how little it seems to take to captivate a population.… (mais)
 
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soraxtm | outras 10 resenhas | Apr 9, 2023 |
Libro estremamente interessante, soprattutto quando si focalizza sulle vicende e i colloqui con i dieci "piccoli uomini" tedeschi scelti come casi di studio. Ovviamente datato e superato dagli eventi dei decenni successivi nell'ultima parte, quando affronta temi di carattere più generale. Da leggere comunque nella prospettiva storica di un libro pubblicato nel 1955.
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winckelmann | outras 10 resenhas | Jan 5, 2023 |
Well done study from the 10 years after WWII. Extremely interesting and well written.
 
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Smsw | outras 10 resenhas | Oct 9, 2022 |

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Obras
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Membros
602
Popularidade
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Avaliação
4.0
Resenhas
14
ISBNs
15
Idiomas
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