The School Upon a Hill - Education and Society in Colonial New England

The School Upon a Hill is the first attempt to portray a view of education that, in the author's words, "enables us to see the educational process if not actually through children's eyes at least from their position in a Lilliputian universe." Its subject is socialization: the ways in which children in colonial New England were educated for life in society-whether it was the family, the church, or the larger community-and what they were taught that transformed them from cultureless newborns into functioning, obedient, and cooperative members of a distinctive society and culture.

Riassunto

"Provides a provocative new insight into the changing pattern of New England cultural and social history." -William and Mary Quarterly

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: James Axtell
• Editore: W. W. Norton & Company
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.09.1976
• EAN: 9780393008241
• ISBN: 978-0-393-00824-1
• Pagine: 324
• Dimensioni: 127 mm x 203 mm x 19 mm
• Peso: 391 g
• Serie: The Norton Library
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie