American education : a history / by Wayne J. Urban and Jennings L. Wagoner, Jr.
American Education: A History, 5e is a comprehensive, highly-regarded history of American education from pre-colonial times to the present. Chronologically organized, it provides an objective overview of each major period in the development of American education, setting the discussion against the b...
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Taylor and Francis,
2013.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; About the Authors; 1. Education in Precolonial America: Native American Cultural Traditions; 2. Colonization and Cultural Transplantation: 1607-1776; 3. Education and the Building of a New Nation: 1776-1830; 4. The Common Man and the Common School: 1820-1860; 5. Class, Caste, and Education in the South: 1800-1900; 6. Beginning a Modern School System: 1865-1890; 7. Organizing the Modern School System: Educational Reform in the Progressive Era, 1890-1915.
- 8. Completing the Modern School System: American Education, 1915-19299. The Effects of Depression and War on American Education: 1930-1946; 10. Education During and After the Crucial Decade: 1945-1960; 11. The Pursuit of Equality: 1960-1980; 12. From Equality to Excellence: American Education, 1980-2000; 13. American Education in the Twenty-First Century; Index.