The American Private School - A Cultural History

The American Private School: A Cultural History is a history of private or independent schools in the United States over the past century. Told chronologically, the book sheds light on the important role that the K-12 private school has played in this country, filling a niche in the history of education, sociology, and the United States as a whole.

List of contents

Contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: The 1920s: Dare to Be Different
Chapter 2: The 1930s: The Selected Seed of the Nation
Chapter 3: The 1940s: A World in Itself
Chapter 4: The 1950s: A Servant of Public Responsibility
Chapter 5: The 1960s: Islands of Integrity
Chapter 6: The 1970s: The Real World
Chapter 7: The 1980s: A Beneficial Revolution
Chapter 8: The 1990s: Reaching for the Rainbow
Chapter 9: The 2000s: The Garden of Eden
Chapter 10: The 2010s-: An Existential Moment
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Lawrence R. Samuel is a Miami-based independent scholar who holds a Ph.D. in American Studies and an MA in English from the University of Minnesota and was a Smithsonian Institution Fellow. Larry blogs for Psychologytoday.com, where he has received over two million hits, and is often quoted in the media.

Product details

• Authors: Samuel Lawrence R.
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.03.2025
• EAN: 9798881803780
• ISBN: 979-8-8818-0378-0
• No. of pages: 210
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 485 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / History, History of Education, EDUCATION / Schools / Types / Private, EDUCATION / Schools / Types / Religious