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Thanks to William Holmes McGuffey, frontier America's literacy rate was the world's highest, producing four generations of American leadership in the arts, science, and engineering. In his much-loved series of readers, McGuffey revolutionized education in America, merging basic principles...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Skrabec, Quentin R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Algora Pub., ©2009.
Temas:
McGuffey, William Holmes, > 1800-1873.
McGuffey, William Holmes, > 1800-1873
Educators > United States > Biography.
Moral education > United States > History.
Readers > History.
Éducateurs > États-Unis > Biographies.
Éducation morale > États-Unis > Histoire.
Anglais (Langue) > Lectures et morceaux choisis > Histoire.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Educators.
EDUCATION > History.
EDUCATION > Comparative.
Educators
Moral education
Readers
United States
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Thanks to William Holmes McGuffey, frontier America's literacy rate was the world's highest, producing four generations of American leadership in the arts, science, and engineering. In his much-loved series of readers, McGuffey revolutionized education in America, merging basic principles with classic readings. Throughout Prof. Skrabec's research on American industrialists, the name William McGuffey kept popping up. William McGuffey was clearly the mentor of many of America's greatest capitalists.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 242 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780875867281
0875867286

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