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Pillars of the Republic: Common Schools and American Society, 1780-1860

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Title
Pillars of the Republic: Common Schools and American Society, 1780-1860
Abstract/Description
Pillars of the Republic is a pioneering study of common-school development in the years before the Civil War. Public acceptance of state school systems, Kaestle argues, was encouraged by the people's commitment to republican government, by their trust in Protestant values, and by the development of capitalism. The author also examines the opposition to the Founding Fathers' educational ideas and shows what effects these had on our school system.
Author/creator
Date
1983
Publisher
Macmillan
Resource type
en
Medium
en Print
Background/context type
en Historical
Open access/free-text available
en No
Peer reviewed
en No
Language
en
ISBN
978-0-8090-0154-5
Citation
Kaestle, C. F. (1983). Pillars of the Republic: Common Schools and American Society, 1780-1860. Macmillan.

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