
American Education: The National Experience, 1783–1876
Defining education broadly to include the role of such institutions as the family and mass media, this is a history of American culture from 1783 to 1876.
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- HarperCollins Publishers
- Year
- 1982
- ISBN-13
- 9780060909215
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- American education historyCultural history19th century America
Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for HistoryWonMajor(1981)
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