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Aristocratic education and the making of the American Republic / Mark Boonshoft.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boonshoft, Mark, author.
- Series:
- North Carolina scholarship online.
- North Carolina scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public schools--United States--History.
- Public schools.
- Education--Political aspects--United States--History.
- Education.
- Education and state--United States--History.
- Education and state.
- Education--Aims and objectives--United States--History.
- Social stratification--United States--History.
- Social stratification.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (297 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- This publication shows how many Americans saw the academy as a caricature of aristocratic European education and how their political reaction against the academy led to a first era of school reform in the United States, helping transform education from a tool of elite privilege into a key component of self-government.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 11, 2021).
- Previously issued in print: 2020.
- ISBN:
- 979-88-908592-8-0
- 979-88-908592-9-7
- 1-4696-5954-9
- 1-4696-5955-7
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