Fellenberg, or, An appeal to the friends of education on behalf of Lafayette College
Subtitle: originally published in February, 1835, in the American sentinel and commercial herald, and now republished with a few slight emendations, and a ninth essay extracted from "The annual of the Board of Education," for 1835
By: edited by John Breckenridge
Series: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America, from its discovery to the present time -- 24016
Publisher: Printed by J.P. Htrich [i.e. Hetrich]
Published: 1835
Place of publication: Easton [Pa.]
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: Fellenberg, Emanuel von, -- 1771-1844; Lafayette College (Easton, Pa.); Manual training; Education -- Experimental methods; Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania -- Easton
Other titles: Fellenberg; Appeal to the friends of education on behalf of Lafayette College
Notes: The title refers to Emanuel von Fellenberg, whose experimental farm in Switzerland "furnished the inspiration for the Manual Labor Movement in America," which began during the years from 1825 to 1830, and reached its height around 1834. Cf. Bennett, C.A. History of manual and industrial education up to 1870, 1926: p. 182

Sabin, 24016

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