The Founding Fathers, Education, and "The Great Contest" : The American Philosophical Society Prize of 1797
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Historical Studies in Education
ISBN-10
1137271019
ISBN-13
9781137271013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 19th, 2013
Print length
279 Pages
Weight
568 grams
Dimensions
23.80 x 15.50 x 2.10 cms
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Leading historians provide new insights into the founding generation's views on the place of public education in America. This volume explores enduring themes, such as gender, race, religion, and central vs. local control, in seven essays of the 1790s on how to implement public education in the new USA. The original essays are included as well.
In 1795, the nation''s leading research institution offered a prize for the best essay on a system of public education for the United States. Over the next two years, the proposals they received ranged from the ridiculous to the provocative to the eerily fa
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