Reese, William J.,  1951- <br/><br/>
History, education, and the schools / 
William J. Reese. 
 - New York :  Palgrave Macmillan,  2007. 
 - xii, 218 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-212) and index. 
<br/><br/>pt. 1. History and its uses. -- On the nature and purpose of history -- What history teaches about the impact of educational research on practice -- pt. 2. Urban schools in the nineteenth century. -- Public education in St. Louis -- Political economy and the high school -- pt. 3. Private schools, past and present. -- Changing conceptions of "public" and "private" in American educational history -- Soldiers for Christ in the army of God: the Christian school movement -- pt. 4. The fate of the public schools. -- Public schools and the common good -- Why Americans love to reform the public schools. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781403977441 (alk. paper) 1403977445 (alk. paper) 9780230621213 (pbk.) 023062121X (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006050982 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Education--History.--United States<br/>Postmodernism and education.<br/>History--Methodology.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LA212  / .R424 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>370.973