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Basedonextensiveinterviewswithformerpupilsandteachers,thisPulitzerPrize-nominatedworkisaseminalandimportantinvestigationintothepotentialofeducationalalternatives.Between1910and1960anarchistsacrosstheUnitedStatesestablishedmorethan20schoolswhereinchildrenstudiedinanatmosphereoffreedomandself-reliance.TheModernSchoolsstoodinsharpcontrasttotheformalityanddisciplineofthetraditionalclassroomandsoughttoabolishallformsofauthority.Theirobjectwastocreatenotonlyanewtypeofschool,butalsoanewsocietybasedonthevoluntarycooperationoffreeindividuals.AmongtheparticipantswereEmmaGoldman,MargaretSanger,AlexanderBerkmanandManRay.