The social ideas of American educators

by Merle Eugene Curti

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A classic on the relations of schools and their business and social environment. It is also includes a history of American education with a chapter on the colonia period, Mann, Harris, Hall, and Dewey.

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Genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy, Sociology
DDC/MDS: 370.973 — Society, government, & culture Education Education History, geographic treatment, biography North America United States
LCC: LA2311 .C8 — Education History of education History of education Biography

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