Collegiate Republic : Cultivating an Ideal Society in Early America /

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This book looks at the first generation of college communities founded after the American Revolution. Focusing on the published and private writings of the families who founded and ran new colleges in antebellum America--including Bowdoin College, Washington College (later Washington and Lee), and F...

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Main Author: Sumner, Margaret, 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Universities and colleges.
Education, Higher > Social aspects.
Education, Higher > Philosophy.
Education, Higher.
HISTORY > United States > Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
EDUCATION > Higher.
Enseignement superieur > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Universites > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Universites > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siecle.
History of Education.
Social Sciences.
Education.
Education, Higher > United States > Philosophy.
Education, Higher > Social aspects > United States.
Education, Higher > United States > History > 19th century.
Education, Higher > United States > History > 18th century.
Universities and colleges > United States > History > 19th century.
Universities and colleges > United States > History > 18th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cultivating the college world : "the generous purpose"
  • Organizing the college world : "all various nature"
  • Building the college world : "an elegant sufficiency"
  • Working in the college world : "ease and alternate labor"
  • Leaving the college world : "gentle spirits fly."

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