Education In Form Amer Soc (Norton Library) [Paperback]

Bailyn Bernard (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0393006433 | ISBN-13: 978-0393006438 | Publication Date: September 17, 1972

In a pungent revision of the professional educator's school of history, Bailyn traces the cultural context of education in early American society and the evolution of educational standards in the colonies. His analysis ranges beyond formal education to encompass such vital social determinants as the family, apprenticeship, and organized religion.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. (September 17, 1972)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0393006433
• ISBN-13: 978-0393006438
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,170,960 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Very Suggestive, September 15, 1999

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This review is from: Education In Form Amer Soc (Norton Library) (Paperback)

Although this work is basically a broad survey of the sources on early American education, Bailyn makes some important suggestions that ache to be brought full circle. He demonstrates how scholarship on this subject have been marred by a tendency to view everything in the light of a gradual progression to compulsory public education. He also notes how this has caused a large amount of distortions and myths to be created, with the result of quite near everyone making absurd and innance assumptions about the past. Moreover, the true nature of education in early education has been largely lost to the world, despite the fact that there are ample sources waiting to be exploited. This book should be especially fascinating to anti-public education libertarians, who, of course, view the growth of public education of the modern form as a serious regression in society. This work could serve as a starting point for a history taking up the libertarian point of view; an invaluable undertaking no doubt.