Displaying 1 of 1 1980 Format: Book Author: Cremin, Lawrence A. (Lawrence Arthur), 1925-1990. Title: American education, the national experience, 1783-1876 / Lawrence A. Cremin. Edition: 1st ed. Publisher, Date: New York : Harper and Row, ©1980. Description: xii, 607 pages ; 24 cm Summary: Defining education broadly to include the role of such institutions as the family and mass media, this is a history of American culture from 1783 to 1876. Subjects: Education -- United States -- History. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 523-594) and index. Pulitzer Prize, History, 1981. Contents: The Kingdom of God -- Benevolent pieties -- The evangelical crusade -- Modes of sectarianism -- The Virtuous Republic -- Republican civilities -- Systems of schooling -- Education by collision -- Outcasts -- The Prudent Society -- Prudent learning -- The dilemmas of popularization -- Learning and living -- An American Education -- Institutions -- Configurations -- Lives -- Characteristics. LCCN: 79003387 ISBN: 9780060109127 0060109122 Other Number: 6014953 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 81383 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 370.973 Cremin Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
