American Education : A History
ISBN: 9780415965293 | 0415965292
Edition: 4thFormat: Nonspecific Binding
Publisher: Routledge
Pub. Date: 8/11/2008
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Jennings L. Wagoner, Jr. is Emeritus Professor of the History of Education at the University of Virginia. Wayne J. Urban is Professor of Education at the University of Alabama.
"American Education: A History, 4th edition is a history of American education from pre-colonial times to the present. Chronologically organized, it provides an overview of each major period in the development of American education, setting the discussion against the broader backdrop of national and world events. The first text to explore Na... MORE
"American Education: A History, 4th edition is a history of American education from pre-colonial times to the present. Chronologically organized, it provides an overview of each major period in the development of American education, setting the discussion against the broader backdrop of national and world events. The first text to explore Na... MORE
| Preface | |
| Education in Precolonial America: Native American Cultural Traditions | |
| Colonization and Cultural Transplantation: 1607-1776 | |
| Education and the Building of a New Nation: 1776-1830 | |
| The Common Man and the Common School: 1820-1860 | |
| Class, Caste, and Education in the South: 1800-1900 | |
| Beginning a Modern School System: 1865-1890 | |
| Organizing the Modern Sc... MORE | |
| Completing the Modern School System: American Education, 1915-1929 | |
| The Effects of Depression and War on American Education: 1930-1946 | |
| Education during and after the Crucial Decade: 1945-1960 | |
| The Pursuit of Equality: 1960-1980 | |
| From Equality to Excellence: American Education: 1980-2004 | |
| Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
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