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"The good education of youth" : worlds of learning in the age of Franklin edited by John H. Pollack
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks LA 2315 .P4 G66 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education--Pennsylvania--History--18th century.
- Education.
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790--Political and social views.
- Franklin, Benjamin.
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790--Knowledge and learning.
- School buildings--Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.).
- School buildings.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 348 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press ; Philadelphia, PA : University of Pennsylvania Libraries, 2009.
- Summary:
- "Explores Franklin's influence on education, in particular for African Americans, women, German Americans, Quakers, and other populations of Pennsylvania in the eighteenth century. Includes nine essays, an exhibition catalogue, and a photographic essay of surviving schoolhouses in the Delaware Valley. Illustrated and indexed"--Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9781584562627 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 1584562625 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 321032464
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