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Copyright \u00a9 1982, 1993 by Ronald Gross; TEN SPEED PRESS, Berkeley, California<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buy at Amazon.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CONTENTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Acknowledgments x
Prologue: Encounters with Four Mentors xii
Part One: Starting Out I<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Risk Takers of the Mind 3
    Emily Taitz and Sondra Henry: A Quest for
    \u201cWomen Written Out of History\u201d 15<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. From “Messy Beginnings\u201d to the Fruits of Research 20
    Step 1: Start Your Own Intellectual Journal 21
    Step 2: Reconnoiter New Realms of Knowledge 24
    Step 3: Enter a New Field 28
    Step 4: Develop Your First Projects 31
    From Seed to Fruit: How an Idea Grows to
    Become a Product of Research 35
    Eric Hoffer: A Passionate Philosopher 36
    Part Two: The Practice of Independent Scholarship 43
    Janet Barkas: Coming to Terms with a Murder 47<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Resources: Where? What? Who? How? 50
    Special Library Collections 55
    Interlibrary Loans 59
    Access to Databases 61
    Barbara Tuchman: A Quest for Excellence 66<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Working with Others 71
    Finding Fellow Scholars among Your Neighbors 72
    Corresponding with Colleagues 72
    Your Turn for an Intern? 74
    Organizations of Scholars 75
    The \u201cAmateur Wing\u201d 77
    The Hidden Conference 77
    Mentors 79
    Doing a Delphi 80
    The Intellectual Partnership 82
    Your Own Advisory Committee 88
    Your Own Institute 90
    William Draves: A Scholarly Celebration of Free Universities 91<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Intellectual Craftsmanship 97
    Pitfalls in Research 98
    Beyond Traditional Methods 101
    Managing Your Intellectual Projects 103
    Betty Friedan: The Problem That Has No Name 106<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Wherewithal 113
    Obtaining a Title or Affiliation 115
    Grants and Awards 118
    Other Sources of Financial Support 129
    John Snyder: Mapping the Earth 134
    Interlude: Encounters along the Way 138
    Part Three: Independent Scholars in Action 143
    Alvin Toffler: A Journey Past Time 145<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Sharing Your Work 151
    Teaching\u2014as Socrates Taught 151
    Publishing Your Work 156
    Nontraditionai Products of Scholarship 161
    Intellectual Activism 164
    Hazel Henderson: Alternative Futures 170<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. \u201cPlay for Mortal Stakes\u201d:
    The Intellectual Pleasures of Your Work 176
    Savoring the Meaning of Your Work 177
    Five Who Played \u201cfor Mortal Stakes\u201d 178
    The Further Reaches 182
    Sabbaticals for \u201cPractical Scholarship\u201d 185
    Buckminster Fuller: Exploring the Universe 189<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Scholarship as Your Joy, if Not Your Job 195
    Leo Miller: The Scholar Outside 203<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. Interdependence among Independent Scholars 208
    How to Start a Roundtable for Independent Scholars 224
    Reinhold Aman: The Meaning of Abuse 228
    Postscript: Unfinished Business 232
    Appendixes 238
    I: Maxims for the Life of the Mind 238
    II: Specialized Bookstores: Gourmet Shops for Scholars 240
    III: Foundation Funding 241
    IV: Tax Deductions for Independent Scholarship as a Business 253 V: University Presses in North America 255
    VI: Copyrighting Your Work 257
    VII: The National Coalition of Independent Scholars 261
    VIII: How Independent Scholars Can Organize:
    Five Case Studies 262
    Notes 268
    Bibliography: A Basic Bookshelf for
    the Independent Scholar 273
    Index 287 <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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