Pillars of the Republic: Common Schools and American Society, 1780-1860Pillars of the Republic is a pioneering study of common-school development in the years before the Civil War. Public acceptance of state school systems, Kaestle argues, was encouraged by the people's commitment to republican government, by their trust in Protestant values, and by the development of capitalism. The author also examines the opposition to the Founding Fathers' educational ideas and shows what effects these had on our school system. |
Contents
Preface | ix |
Prologue The Founding Fathers and Education | 3 |
Rural Schools in the Early Republic | 13 |
Urban Education and the Expansion of Charity Schooling | 30 |
Social Change and Education in the American Northeast 18301860 | 62 |
The Ideology of Antebellum CommonSchool Reform | 75 |
The CommonSchool Reform Program | 104 |
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Pillars of the Republic: Common Schools and American Society, 1780-1860 Carl Kaestle Limited preview - 2011 |
Pillars of the Republic: Common Schools and American Society, 1780-1860 Carl F. Kaestle Limited preview - 1983 |
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