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Education in the Forming of American Society

Needs and Opportunities for Study

Bernard Bailyn

Publisher: Omohundro Institute
Imprint: OIEAHC
Published: 01/1960
Reprint: 1970
Pages: 160
Subject: Colonial, Revolutionary Era & Early American History
Paperback ISBN: 9780807840474
eBook ISBN: 9780807838846

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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.

Originally published in 1960.

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