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The Resource Essays on education in the early Republic / : edited by Frederick Rudolph

Essays on education in the early Republic / : edited by Frederick Rudolph

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Because they recognized themselves as being engaged in the making of a nation, the essayists thought readily about education as a national problem and as a national opportunity. These essaysist revealed a bias toward "the good of society" rather than "the good of the individual." Society essentially could not afford to leave the question of education up to parents. These essays are in one sense a commentary on the structure and pattern, or lack thereof, of organized education inherited from the colonial period. As the United States increasingly moves toward some sense of maturity and of the responsibility that goes with it, the visions and the expectations of these eighteenth-century republicans can be instructive. If, as sometimes now seems possible, we are beginning to think and act nationally in matters of education, these writers deserve our attention as the first Americans in any systematic way to turn their talents toward defining the American dream in education. - Introduction
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eng
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xxv, 389 pages
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Distributed in Gt. Brit. by Oxford University Press, London
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  • A discourse on education, delivered at the dedication and opening of Bristol Academy, the 18th day of July, A.D. 1796
  • Simeon Doggett
  • Remarks on education : illustrating the close connection between virtue and wisdom, to which is annexed a system of liberal education; which having received the premium awarded by the American Philosophical Society, December 15th, 1797, is now published by their order
  • Samuel Harrison Smith
  • Proposal to demonstrate the necessity of a national institution in the United States of America, for the education of children of both sexes; to which is joined, a project of organization, etc.
  • Amable-Louis-Rose de Lafitte du Courteil
  • An essay on the best system of liberal education, adapted to the genius of the government of the United States; comprehending also, an uniform general plan for instituting and conducting public schools, in this country, on principles of the most extensive utility; to which is prefixed, an address to the legislature of Maryland on that subject
  • Samuel Knox
  • A plan for the establishment of public schools and the diffusion of knowledge in Pennsylvania; to which are added, thoughts upon the mode of education, proper in a republic; addressed to the legislature and citizens of the state
  • Benjamin Rush
  • Thoughts upon female education, accommodated to the present state of society, manners, and government of the United States of America
  • Benjamin Rush
  • On the education of youth in America
  • Noah Webster
  • Political inquiries : to which is added, a plan for the general establishment of schools throughout the United States
  • Robert Coram
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Essays on education in the early Republic / : edited by Frederick Rudolph
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Essays on education in the early Republic /
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edited by Frederick Rudolph
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Language
eng
Summary
Because they recognized themselves as being engaged in the making of a nation, the essayists thought readily about education as a national problem and as a national opportunity. These essaysist revealed a bias toward "the good of society" rather than "the good of the individual." Society essentially could not afford to leave the question of education up to parents. These essays are in one sense a commentary on the structure and pattern, or lack thereof, of organized education inherited from the colonial period. As the United States increasingly moves toward some sense of maturity and of the responsibility that goes with it, the visions and the expectations of these eighteenth-century republicans can be instructive. If, as sometimes now seems possible, we are beginning to think and act nationally in matters of education, these writers deserve our attention as the first Americans in any systematic way to turn their talents toward defining the American dream in education. - Introduction
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370.973
Index
no index present
LC call number
LA206
LC item number
.R8
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
NLM call number
WZ 292
NLM item number
R917e 1965
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  • 1746-1813
  • 1758-1843
  • 1761-1796
  • 1765-1852
  • 1772-1845
  • 1755 or 1756-1832
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  • Rudolph, Frederick
  • Rush, Benjamin
  • Webster, Noah
  • Coram, Robert
  • Doggett, Simeon
  • Smith, Samuel Harrison
  • Lafitte du Courteil, Amable-Louis-Rose de
  • Knox, Samuel
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  • Education
  • Education
  • Éducation
  • Éducation
  • Éducation
  • Éducation
  • Education
  • United States
  • Bildungswesen
  • USA
  • USA
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Essays on education in the early Republic / : edited by Frederick Rudolph
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Distributed in Gt. Brit. by Oxford University Press, London
Bibliography note
Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (pages [373]-384)
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Contents
  • A discourse on education, delivered at the dedication and opening of Bristol Academy, the 18th day of July, A.D. 1796
  • Simeon Doggett
  • Remarks on education : illustrating the close connection between virtue and wisdom, to which is annexed a system of liberal education; which having received the premium awarded by the American Philosophical Society, December 15th, 1797, is now published by their order
  • Samuel Harrison Smith
  • Proposal to demonstrate the necessity of a national institution in the United States of America, for the education of children of both sexes; to which is joined, a project of organization, etc.
  • Amable-Louis-Rose de Lafitte du Courteil
  • An essay on the best system of liberal education, adapted to the genius of the government of the United States; comprehending also, an uniform general plan for instituting and conducting public schools, in this country, on principles of the most extensive utility; to which is prefixed, an address to the legislature of Maryland on that subject
  • Samuel Knox
  • A plan for the establishment of public schools and the diffusion of knowledge in Pennsylvania; to which are added, thoughts upon the mode of education, proper in a republic; addressed to the legislature and citizens of the state
  • Benjamin Rush
  • Thoughts upon female education, accommodated to the present state of society, manners, and government of the United States of America
  • Benjamin Rush
  • On the education of youth in America
  • Noah Webster
  • Political inquiries : to which is added, a plan for the general establishment of schools throughout the United States
  • Robert Coram
Control code
ocm00175388
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22 cm.
Extent
xxv, 389 pages
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65019830
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rdamedia
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  • (Sirsi) o00175388
  • (OCoLC)00175388
Label
Essays on education in the early Republic / : edited by Frederick Rudolph
Publication
Note
Distributed in Gt. Brit. by Oxford University Press, London
Bibliography note
Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (pages [373]-384)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • A discourse on education, delivered at the dedication and opening of Bristol Academy, the 18th day of July, A.D. 1796
  • Simeon Doggett
  • Remarks on education : illustrating the close connection between virtue and wisdom, to which is annexed a system of liberal education; which having received the premium awarded by the American Philosophical Society, December 15th, 1797, is now published by their order
  • Samuel Harrison Smith
  • Proposal to demonstrate the necessity of a national institution in the United States of America, for the education of children of both sexes; to which is joined, a project of organization, etc.
  • Amable-Louis-Rose de Lafitte du Courteil
  • An essay on the best system of liberal education, adapted to the genius of the government of the United States; comprehending also, an uniform general plan for instituting and conducting public schools, in this country, on principles of the most extensive utility; to which is prefixed, an address to the legislature of Maryland on that subject
  • Samuel Knox
  • A plan for the establishment of public schools and the diffusion of knowledge in Pennsylvania; to which are added, thoughts upon the mode of education, proper in a republic; addressed to the legislature and citizens of the state
  • Benjamin Rush
  • Thoughts upon female education, accommodated to the present state of society, manners, and government of the United States of America
  • Benjamin Rush
  • On the education of youth in America
  • Noah Webster
  • Political inquiries : to which is added, a plan for the general establishment of schools throughout the United States
  • Robert Coram
Control code
ocm00175388
Dimensions
22 cm.
Extent
xxv, 389 pages
Lccn
65019830
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o00175388
  • (OCoLC)00175388

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