The learning of liberty : the educational ideas of the American founders
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The learning of liberty : the educational ideas of the American founders
(American political thought / edited by Wilson Carey McWilliams and Lance Banning)
University Press of Kansas, c1993
- pbk.
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
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ISBN 9780700605811
Description
While illustrating how the Founders drew upon and transformed the ideas of earlier philosophers of education, the authors trace the emergence of a new American ideal of public education. This puts civic instruction at the centre, in order to sustain qualities of leadership and public discourse.
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pbk. ISBN 9780700607464
Description
This work offers an analysis of the educational ideas of the Founders of the new American nation, seeing in their writings precedents for some modern dilemmas.
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