| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
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| Title Information: |
the American Philosophical Society Prize of 1797 |
| Alternative Intellectual Responsibility: |
JusticeBenjamin, 1971- |
| Place of Publication: |
New York, NY |
| Published: |
Palgrave Macmillan; |
| Year of Publication: |
2013 |
| Description: |
1 online resource (pages cm.) |
| Series: |
Historical studies in education |
| Subject: |
Public schools - History - United States - 18th century. - |
| Subject: |
Education - Awards - United States - 18th century. - |
| Subject: |
Contests - History - United States - 18th century. - |
| Subject: |
EDUCATION - History. - |
| Subject: |
EDUCATION - General. - |
| Subject: |
EDUCATION - Philosophy & Social Aspects. - |
| Subject: |
HISTORY - Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) - United States - |
| Subject: |
HISTORY - Essays. - |
| Subject: |
EDUCATION / Comparative - |
| Subject: |
EDUCATION / History - |
| Online resource: |
http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137271020 |
| Notes: |
Includes index |
| Summary: |
In 1795, the nation's leading research institution offered a prize for the best essay on a system of public education for the United States. Over the next two years, the proposals they received ranged from the ridiculous to the provocative to the eerily familiar " The Founding Fathers, Education", and "The Great Contest" revisits that unique moment in American history, when the founding fathers first opened the enduring debate on how best to educate the American citizenry. In ten essays, leading historians use the American Philosophical Society's education prize as a starting point for broader explorations of critical themes: gender, race, religion, public versus private education, centralization versus localism, voluntary associations, higher education, and research methods. This book also publishes, for the first time, all of the original contest essays. |
| ISBN: |
9781137271020electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
1137271027electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
9781299764705 |
| ISBN: |
1299764703 |
| Content Note: |
Foreword; Carl F. Kaestle 1. Introduction; Benjamin Justice PART I: METHODS 2. The Mysterious No. 3; Lisa Green 3. 'Raked from the Rubbish': Stylometric Authorship Attribution and the 1795 American Philosophical Society Education Contest; Eric Strome PART II: MEANINGS 4. False Start: The Failure of an Early Race to the Top; Campbell Scribner 5. Useful Knowledge in the Early Republic; Nancy Beadie 6. Race and Schooling in Early Republican Philadelphia; Hilary Moss 7. Gender and Citizenship in Educational Plans in the New Republic; Margaret Nash 8. The Significance of the 'French School' in Early National Female Education; Kim Tolley 9. The Place of Religion in Early National School Plans; Benjamin Justice 10. The Perceived Dangers of Study Abroad, 1780-1800: Nationalism, Internationalism, and the Origins of the American University; Adam Nelson PART III: MATERIALS Essays from the American Philosophical Society Education Contest, 1795-1797 Introduction to the Essays: Reading the Late 18th century in the Early 21st; Benjamin Justice Samuel Harrison Smith, Remarks on Education Rev. Samuel Knox, An Essay on the Best System of Education Review of Essay #3 Hiram, On Education and Public Schools Academicus, Plan for the Education of Youth Hand, Concerning Education in Public Schools Freedom, Concerning Education in Pennsylvania. |