Essays on Education in the Early Republic
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- Synopsis
- Only a relatively few colonial Americans received any formal education beyond the elementary subjects. Secondary schools were rare. Private tutors and the local clergyman carried the main burden of college preparation. There were public secondary schools in New England, a few private schools in the middle colonies, and even fewer in the South--all of them concentrating on the Latin that led to college and a career in one of the learned professions. Nine colleges of varying degrees of stability and age carried on in the New World the collegiate traditions of Oxford and Cambridge. Several of these institutions were barely able to prove their existence before the American Revolution gave a new twist to their fortunes.
- Copyright:
- 1965
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 390 Pages
- Publisher:
- Harvard University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 06/21/10
- Copyrighted By:
- President And Fellows of Harvard College
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Education
- Submitted By:
- Daproim Africa
- Proofread By:
- Carrie Karnos
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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