Pillars of the Republic: Common Schools and American Society, 1780-1860
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Looks at America's original, locally-controlled schools, describes the creation of state-controlled public school systems, and discusses the factors that shaped the reform movement
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- 1983-01-01
- 266 pages
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- Macmillan
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- 2011-04-01
- 288 pages
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- Hill and Wang
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