Pillars of the Republic: Common Schools and American Society, 1780-1860 (American Century)

Hill & Wang

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UPC:
9780809001545
Maximum Purchase:
2 units
Binding:
Paperback
Publication Date:
3/1/1983
Release Date:
3/1/1983
Author:
Kaestle, Carl
Language:
English: Published; English: Original Language; English
Edition:
First Edition
Pages:
288
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Pillars 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.