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Aristocratic Education and the Making of the American Republic /
"This book explains the rise, significance, and legacy of one of the most ubiquitous, significant, but forgotten institutions of early American life: the secondary school academy. Writing in 1788, Noah Webster bemoaned that in the United States "the constitutions are republican, [while] th...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
2020.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Why Academies?: Aristocratic Education in Revolutionary America
- Part I: From Denominational Schools to Nationalist Institutions, 1730-1787
- Chapter one. The Emergence of Academies: The Great Awakening and Colonial Elite Formation
- Chapter two. The Academy Effect: Civic Education and the American Revolution
- Chapter three. Rebuilding Academies: Education and Politics in the Confederation Era
- Part II: The Culture of Academies, 1780-1800
- Chapter four. Defining Merit: Academies and Inequality
- Chapter five. Diplomacy and Dance: The Geopolitics of Ornamental Education
- Part III: From Aristocratic Education to Reform, 1787-1830
- Chapter six. Creating Consensus: The Politics of State Support for Academies
- Chapter seven. The First Era of School Reform: War, Panic, and Popular Education
- Epilogue: The Legacy of Aristocratic Education
- Appendix
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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