Download or read book Democracy as Discussion written by William M. Keith and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using primary sources from archives around the country, Democracy as Discussion traces the early history of the Speech field, the development of discussion as an alternative to debate, and the Deweyan, Progressive philosophy of discussion that swept the United States in the early twentieth century.