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- catalog abstract "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.".
- catalog alternative "Education in the early Republic.".
- catalog contributor b1419496.
- catalog contributor b1419497.
- catalog created "1965.".
- catalog date "1965".
- catalog date "1965.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1965.".
- catalog description "1. Benjamin Rush: 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 -- 2. Benjamin Rush: Thoughts upon female education, accommodated to the present state of society, manners, and government of the United States of America -- 3. Noah Webster: On the education of youth in America -- 4. Robert Coram: Political inquiries: to which is added, a plan for the general establishment of schools throughout the United States -- 5. Simeon Doggett: A discourse on education, delivered at the dedication and opening of Bristol Academy, the 18th day of July, A.D. 1796 -- 6. Samuel Harrison Smith: 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 -- 7. Amable-Louis-Rose de Lafitte du Courteil: 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. -- 8. Samuel Knox: 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.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. [373]-384)".
- catalog extent "xxv, 389 p.".
- catalog hasFormat "Essays on education in the early Republic.".
- catalog isFormatOf "Essays on education in the early Republic.".
- catalog isPartOf "The John Harvard library".
- catalog issued "1965".
- catalog issued "1965.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,".
- catalog relation "Essays on education in the early Republic.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "370.973".
- catalog subject "Education United States History Sources.".
- catalog subject "Education United States.".
- catalog subject "LA206 .R8".
- catalog subject "WZ 292 R917e 1965".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Benjamin Rush: 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 -- 2. Benjamin Rush: Thoughts upon female education, accommodated to the present state of society, manners, and government of the United States of America -- 3. Noah Webster: On the education of youth in America -- 4. Robert Coram: Political inquiries: to which is added, a plan for the general establishment of schools throughout the United States -- 5. Simeon Doggett: A discourse on education, delivered at the dedication and opening of Bristol Academy, the 18th day of July, A.D. 1796 -- 6. Samuel Harrison Smith: 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 -- 7. Amable-Louis-Rose de Lafitte du Courteil: 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. -- 8. Samuel Knox: 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.".
- catalog title "Education in the early Republic.".
- catalog title "Essays on education in the early Republic; Benjamin Rush, Noah Webster, Robert Coram, Simeon Doggett, Samuel Harrison Smith, Amable-Louis-Rose de Lafitte du Courteil, Samuel Knox.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "Sources. fast".
- catalog type "text".