Carper, James C,

The dissenting tradition in American education / [print] James C. Carper and Thomas C. Hunt. - New York : P. Lang, [(c)2007. - xii, 286 pages ; 23 cm.



Introduction John Hughes: Catholic dissent in nineteenth-century New York City Institutionalizing Catholic dissent: the nineteenth-century parochial school The Bennett law: a source of dissent Questioning the prevailing orthodoxy: Bible-reading and the Edgerton decision Protestant dissent in the nineteenth century: three Presbyterians The Christian day school movement: new Protestant dissenters The state and the new Protestant dissenters: the Whisner decision Homeschooling redivivus: accommodating the Anabaptists of American education Final thoughts.



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Church and education--History.--United States
Religion in the public schools--History.--United States
Dissenters, Religious--History.--United States


United States

LC111.D577 2007 LC111.H943.D577 2007