The School Upon a Hill: Education and Society in Colonial New England
- ISBN-10
- 039300824X
- ISBN-13
- 9780393008241
- Category
- Education
- Pages
- 298
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1976
- Publisher
- New York : Norton
- Author
- James Axtell
Description
Provides a provocative new insight into the changing pattern of New England cultural and social history. William and Mary Quarterly"
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