The strength of a people : the idea of an informed citizenry in America, 1650-1870 /
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 co...
| Основен автор: | Brown, Richard D. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Chapel Hill, N.C. :
University of North Carolina Press,
℗♭1996.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=13956 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Strength of a people. |
| Резюме: |
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. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xvii, 252 pages) : illustrations |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-243) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0807860581 9780807860588 |