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Rury, John L., 1951-

Education and social change : contours in the history of American schooling / John L. Rury. - 3rd ed. - New York : Routledge, 2009. - x, 273 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-265) and index.

1. Introduction: history, social change, and education -- 2. Colonial America: religion, inequality, and revolution -- 3. Emergence of a modern school system: the 19th Century -- 4. Ethnicity, gender, and race: contours of social change in the 19th Century -- 5. Growth, reform, and differentiation: the Progressive Era -- 6. The human capital revolution: postwar America to the end of the 20th Century -- Epilogue: recent developments and looking to the future.

ISBN: 9780415995443 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0415995442 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0415995647 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9780415995641 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9780203888414 0203888413

LCCN: 2008019493

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Education--History.--United States
Educational sociology--United States.
Social change--United States.
Sozialer Wandel.
Pädagogik.
Schule.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
USA.

LC Class. No.: LA205 / .R67 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 370.973