Americans and their schools /Erwin V. Johanningmeier.
Johanningmeier, Erwin V.
Americans and their schools /Erwin V. Johanningmeier. - Prospect Heights, Illinois : Waveland Press, (c)1985. - xiii, 328 pages ; 23 cm
Includes Index.
PART I. THE EMERGENCE OF THE AMERICANS -- New England: The first community -- The Virginia colony: The pursuit of wealth -- Pennsylvania: The holy experiment -- PART II. THE EARLY REPUBLIC -- Schoolkeeping and schoolbooks in the colonies -- Educational plans for the new republic -- PART III. A NEW INSTITUTION IN A NEW ERA: SUCCESSES AND FAILURES OF THE COMMON SCHOOL -- Industrialism and early responses -- Women's call for educational reform -- The move toward public education -- Builders of the common school -- Education for the Native American -- The education of Black Americans -- The new education -- PART IV. MODERN TIMES -- The new science of the mind -- From schoolhouse to factory -- The high school -- PART V. A NEW WORLD AND A NEW GENERATION -- Education for defense -- Media and messages.
9780881331608
Education--History.--United States
LA209 / .A447 1985
Americans and their schools /Erwin V. Johanningmeier. - Prospect Heights, Illinois : Waveland Press, (c)1985. - xiii, 328 pages ; 23 cm
Includes Index.
PART I. THE EMERGENCE OF THE AMERICANS -- New England: The first community -- The Virginia colony: The pursuit of wealth -- Pennsylvania: The holy experiment -- PART II. THE EARLY REPUBLIC -- Schoolkeeping and schoolbooks in the colonies -- Educational plans for the new republic -- PART III. A NEW INSTITUTION IN A NEW ERA: SUCCESSES AND FAILURES OF THE COMMON SCHOOL -- Industrialism and early responses -- Women's call for educational reform -- The move toward public education -- Builders of the common school -- Education for the Native American -- The education of Black Americans -- The new education -- PART IV. MODERN TIMES -- The new science of the mind -- From schoolhouse to factory -- The high school -- PART V. A NEW WORLD AND A NEW GENERATION -- Education for defense -- Media and messages.
9780881331608
Education--History.--United States
LA209 / .A447 1985