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The strength of a people : the idea of an informed citizenry in America, 1650-1870 /
Thomas Jefferson's conviction that the health of the nation's democracy would depend on the existence of an informed citizenry has been a cornerstone of our political culture since the inception of the American republic. Even today's debates over education reform and the need to be co...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill, N.C. :
University of North Carolina Press,
©1996.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Thomas Jefferson's conviction that the health of the nation's democracy would depend on the existence of an informed citizenry has been a cornerstone of our political culture since the inception of the American republic. Even today's debates over education reform and the need to be competitive in a technologically advanced, global economy are rooted in the idea that the education of rising generations is crucial to the nation's future. In this book, Richard Brown traces the development of the ideal of an informed citizenry in the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries and assesses its continuing influence and changing meaning. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 252 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-243) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0807860581 9780807860588 9798890873521 |