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Education and social change : themes in the history of American schooling / John L. Rury.
LIBRA LA205 .R67 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rury, John L., 1951-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education--United States--History.
- Education.
- United States.
- History.
- Educational sociology--United States.
- Educational sociology.
- Social change--United States.
- Social change.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 273 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum, 2005.
- Summary:
- In this brief, interpretive history of American schooling, John Rury focuses on the evolving relationship between education and social change. Rury considers the impact of social forces, such as industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and cultural
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction: History, Social Change, and Education 1
- 2 Colonial Origins: Education in a Preindustrial Society 23
- 3 The 19th Century: Beginnings of a Modern School System 57
- 4 Ethnicity, Gender, and Race: Contours of Social Change in the 19th Century 94
- 5 The Progressive Era: Reform, Growth, and Differentiation 135
- 6 Education in Postwar America: The Human Capital Revolution 182.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-263) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0805852948
- OCLC:
- 54913670
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