Learning Together A History of Coeducation in American Public Schools / David Tyack, Elisabeth Hansot.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tyack, David B.

Contributor:

Hansot, Elisabeth.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex differences in education--United States--History.

Sex differences in education.

Public schools--United States--History.

Public schools.

Coeducation--United States--History.

Coeducation.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 369 p. ) ill. ;

Edition:

1st paperback ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012

Place of Publication:

New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Now available in paperback, this award-winning book provides a comprehensive history of gender policies and practices in American public schools.David Tyack and Elisabeth Hansot explore the many factors that have shaped coeducation since its origins.

Contents:

"Smuggling in the girls": Colonial New England

Why educate girls?

Coeducation in rural common schools

The rising tide of coeducation in the high school

King Canutes attack the perils of coeducation and women teachers

Differentiating the high school: the "boy problem"

Differentiating the high school: the "women question"

Feminist discover the hidden injuries of coeducation

Conclusion

Appendix: Using photographs as evidence of gender practices in schools.

Notes:

Originally published: New Haven : Yale University Press ; New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 1990.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-358) and index.

Winner Critics' Choice Award, 1991.

Winner Outstanding Book Award, 1991.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781610445405

1610445406

OCLC:

817789499