Founding Zealots
Subtitle: how evangelicals created America's first public schools, 1783-1865
Publisher: Xulon Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Maitland, FL
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781625098696
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part 1 : Laying the foundation, 1783-1787.; title: Obstacles at the starting line; title: The first Yankee leader : Rev. Manasseh Cutler; title: Miracle at New York City; title: Lofty hopes : the Christian philosophy behind the first schools; title: Part 2 : A false start, 1819-1835.; title: Yankee leadership : the first group of zealots; title: Two steps forward, one step back : Ohio and Illinois; title: Part 3 : Professional leadership faces resistance, 1836-1842.; title: Circuit riders for the public schools : the second group of zealots; title: The perfect moment : Ohio, Massachusetts, and Connecticut; title: Part 4 : Broadening the base brings success, 1843-1865.; title: Greenhouse of the public schools : The Western Literary Institute; title: Topping out ceremonies : The end of the beginning in the North; title: The mission expands to the new frontier : Texas, California, and Oregon; title: Epilogue : Two myths exposed and explained; title: Appendix 1 : US population, 1820 and 1860; title: Appendix 2 : Student attendance by region and state, 1850; title: Appendix 3 : Further information for individual states