American Education: A History

Edith Nye MacMullen, Wayne J. Urban, Jennings L. Wagoner

History of Education Quarterly · 1997 · 307 citations · 0 references

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@contents:Preface 1. Education in Precolonial America: Native American Cultural Traditions 2. Colonization and Cultural Transplantation: 1607-1776 3. Education and the Building of a New Nation: 1776-1830 4. The Common Man and the Common School: 1820-1860 5. Class, Caste, and Education in the South: 1800-1900 6. Beginning a Modern School System: 1865-1890 7. Organizing the Modern School System: Educational Reform in the Progressive Era, 1890-1915 8. Completing the Modern School System: American Education, 1915-1929 9. The Effects of Depression and War on American Education: 1930-1946 10. Education during and after the Crucial Decade: 1945-1960 11. The Pursuit of Equality: 1960-1980 12. From Equality to Excellence: American Education: 1980-2004 Index