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- catalog abstract "Thomas Jefferson's conviction that the health of the nation's democracy would depend on the existence of an informed citizenry has been a cornerstone of our political culture since the inception of the American republic. Even today's debates over education reform and the need to be competitive in a technologically advanced, global economy are rooted in the idea that the education of rising generations is crucial to the nation's future. In this book, Richard Brown traces the development of the ideal of an informed citizenry in the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries and assesses its continuing influence and changing meaning.".
- catalog contributor b9288479.
- catalog contributor b9288480.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "Ch. 1. English Subjects and Citizens from the Reformation through the Glorious Revolution -- Ch. 2. Freedom and Citizenship in Britain and Its American Colonies -- Ch. 3. Bulwark of Revolutionary Liberty: The Recognition of the Informed Citizen -- Ch. 4. Shaping an Informed Citizenry for a Republican Future -- Ch. 5. The Idea of an Informed Citizenry and the Mobilization of Institutions, 1820-1850 -- Ch. 6. Testing the Meaning of an Informed Citizenry, 1820-1870 -- Epilogue: Looking Backward: The Idea of an Informed Citizenry at the End of the Twentieth Century.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-243) and index.".
- catalog description "Thomas Jefferson's conviction that the health of the nation's democracy would depend on the existence of an informed citizenry has been a cornerstone of our political culture since the inception of the American republic. Even today's debates over education reform and the need to be competitive in a technologically advanced, global economy are rooted in the idea that the education of rising generations is crucial to the nation's future. In this book, Richard Brown traces the development of the ideal of an informed citizenry in the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries and assesses its continuing influence and changing meaning.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 252 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Strength of a people.".
- catalog identifier "0807822612 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "9780807860588 (electronic bk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Strength of a people.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press,".
- catalog relation "Strength of a people.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "306.2/0973/0903 20".
- catalog subject "Civics Study and teaching United States History.".
- catalog subject "Freedom of information United States History.".
- catalog subject "JA84.U5 B74 1996".
- catalog subject "Political science United States History.".
- catalog subject "Political socialization United States History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Ch. 1. English Subjects and Citizens from the Reformation through the Glorious Revolution -- Ch. 2. Freedom and Citizenship in Britain and Its American Colonies -- Ch. 3. Bulwark of Revolutionary Liberty: The Recognition of the Informed Citizen -- Ch. 4. Shaping an Informed Citizenry for a Republican Future -- Ch. 5. The Idea of an Informed Citizenry and the Mobilization of Institutions, 1820-1850 -- Ch. 6. Testing the Meaning of an Informed Citizenry, 1820-1870 -- Epilogue: Looking Backward: The Idea of an Informed Citizenry at the End of the Twentieth Century.".
- catalog title "The strength of a people : the idea of an informed citizenry in America, 1650-1870 / Richard D. Brown.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".