Wayne J. Urban, Milton Gaither

American Education

A History

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Produktbeschreibung

American Education: A History, Seventh Edition is a comprehensive, highly regarded history of American education from precolonial times to the present. This much-anticipated seventh edition is essential reading for undergraduate and graduate History of Education courses.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• 7. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 404
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 757g
• ISBN-13: 9781032991085
• ISBN-10: 1032991089
• Artikelnr.: 74445436

Autorenporträt

Wayne J. Urban is Professor of Education Emeritus at the University of Alabama, USA. Milton Gaither is an independent scholar and Managing Editor of the History of Education Quarterly.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface About the Authors 1. Education in Precolonial America 2.
Colonization and Cultural Transplantation 3. Education and the Building of
a New Nation 4. The Common Man and the Common School 5. The South, The
Civil War, and Education 6. Building a Modern School System 7. Progressive
Education (before World War I) 8. Progressive Education (after World War I)
9. Depression, War, and Postwar Decades 10. The Pursuit of Equality
11. From Equality to Excellence 12. The Apex and Decline of Federal Control
13. American Education in the Age of Trump