Turning points in American educational history.Edited and with introductions by David B. Tyack.
- New York, John Wiley, (c)1967.
- xiv, 488 pages 23 cm.
A city upon a hill : education in the Massachusetts Bay Colony -- The making of a gentleman : education and social class in Virginia -- Education as artifact : Benjamin Franklin and the instruction of "A rising people" -- Forming the national character : paradox in the educational thought of the revolutionary generation -- The common school crusade -- The conservative persuasion : American textbooks in the nineteenth century -- Becoming an American : The education of the immigrant -- Growing up Black : The education of the negro -- Democaracy, bureaucracy, and education : John Dewey and the redefinition of the common school -- The people's college : The emergence of the high school -- The education of teachers and the teaching of education.
Education--History.--United States Education--Philosophy.