Schools for statesmen : the divergent educations of the constitution's framers /

"One of the Framers, William Livingston, claimed that "whatever Principles are imbibed at College will run thro' a Man's whole future Conduct." And another Framer, Thomas Mifflin, wrote this in a college notebook: "Different Abilities & different Means of Education...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Browning, Andrew H. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Lawrence, Kansas] : University Press of Kansas, 2022.
Temas:
United States. > Constitution.
Constitution (United States)
1700-1799
Education > United States > History > 18th century.
Education > History > 18th century.
Statesmen > Education > United States > History > 18th century.
Universities and colleges > United States > History > 18th century.
Universities and colleges > History > 18th century.
Founding Fathers of the United States > Education.
Education.
Universities and colleges.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Delegates to the 1787 Federal Convention: Age and Education
  • A Note on Names
  • Introduction
  • Part I
  • Chapter 1. The Framers
  • Chapter 2. Educating Demigods
  • Part II
  • Chapter 3. The Self-Taught and the Tutored
  • Chapter 4. Writing Schools and Grammar Schools
  • Chapter 5. The Schools of the Prophets: Harvard and Yale
  • Chapter 6. Their Majesties' College in Williamsburg: William and Mary
  • Chapter 7. The Old World's Old Schools: England, France, and Ireland
  • Chapter 8: The Inns of Court and Legal Apprenticeship
  • Part III
  • Chapter 9. The New Old World: The Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh
  • Chapter 10. Presbyterian Schools and Scottish Schoolmasters
  • Chapter 11. Mirania in America: The College of Philadelphia and King's College
  • Chapter 12. Princeton in the Nation's Service: The College of New Jersey
  • Chapter 13. At the Convention: "To Form a More Perfect Union
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliographic Essay
  • Index
  • Back Cover.

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