- 290 pages
- English
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About this book
Pillars of the Republic is a pioneering study of common-school development in the years before the Civil War. Public acceptance of state school systems, Kaestle argues, was encouraged by the people's commitment to republican government, by their trust in Protestant values, and by the development of capitalism. The author also examines the opposition to the Founding Fathers' educational ideas and shows what effects these had on our school system.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Notice
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Prologue: The Founding Fathers and Education
- 2 Rural Schools in the Early Republic
- 3 Urban Education and the Expansion of Charity Schooling
- 4 Social Change and Education in the American Northeast, 1830–1860
- 5 The Ideology of Antebellum Common-School Reform
- 6 The Common-School Reform Program
- 7 Ins and Outs: Acquiescence, Ambivalence, and Resistance to Common-School Reform
- 8 Regional Differences in Common-School Development
- 9 Epilogue: The Legacy of Common Schooling
- Notes
- Index
- Copyright