American Education: The National Experience, 1783–1876

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American Education: The National Experience, 1783–1876 is a Pulitzer Prize–winning historical study that examines the development and transformation of the American educational system from the post-Revolutionary era through Reconstruction.

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instanceOf Pulitzer Prize-winning work
history book
non-fiction book
academicDiscipline history of education
author Lawrence A. Cremin NERFINISHED
awardReceived Pulitzer Prize for History NERFINISHED
chronologicallyFollows American Revolution NERFINISHED
chronologicallyIncludes Civil War era
Reconstruction period NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
examines diversification of educational institutions in the United States
education of different social classes in the United States
education of racial and ethnic groups in the United States
expansion of common schools
growth of state involvement in education
interaction between religion and education in the United States
regional differences in American schooling
focusesOn development of public schooling in the United States
educational policy in the United States
relationship between education and American nation-building
role of schooling in American democracy
transformation of American educational institutions
followedBy American Education: The Metropolitan Experience, 1876–1980 NERFINISHED
genre American history
educational history
historicalMethod archival research
interpretive synthesis
isPartOfSeries American Education trilogy NERFINISHED
language English
mediaType print
notableFor comprehensive narrative of early national and antebellum American education
integration of educational history with broader U.S. social and political history
precededBy American Education: The Colonial Experience, 1607–1783 NERFINISHED
publicationPlace New York City NERFINISHED
publisher Harper & Row NERFINISHED
PulitzerPrizeCategory History
setting United States of America
surface form: United States
subject United States educational system
history of American education
targetAudience education policymakers
historians of education
students of American history
timePeriodCovered 1783–1876
Reconstruction era NERFINISHED
post-Revolutionary era
usedAs reference work in education history courses

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Lawrence Cremin notableWork American Education: The National Experience, 1783–1876
Lawrence Cremin awardReceivedFor American Education: The National Experience, 1783–1876