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Democracy's Schools
The unknown history of American public education. At a time when Americans are debating the future of public education, Johann N. Neem tells the inspiring story of how and why Americans built a robust public school system in the decades between the Revolution and the Civil War. It’s a story in which ordinary people in towns across the country worked together to form districts and build schoolhouses and reformers sought to expand tax support and give every child a liberal education. By the time of the Civil War, most northern states had made common schools free, and many southern states were heading in the same direction. Americans made schooling a public good. Yet back then, like today, Am...
Andersen's Fairy Tales (Annotated)
* This version of Andersen's Fairy Tales includes a biography of the author Hans Christian Andersen at the end of the book * This includes life before and after the release of the book 'My fairy tales were as much for older people as for children...humour was the real salt in them.'Hans Andersen is best remembered for the tales collected in this edition, stories that have become classics and have been translated into over a hundred languages. This selection contains twenty-eight stories, including 'The Tinder-Box,' 'Thumbelina,' 'The Little Mermaid,' 'The Ugly Duckling,' and 'The Snow Queen,' as well as others that are less well known. Some of the tales are taken from history or Danish folk tales, but the majority are Andersen's own invention and often feature the author, his friends and enemies in a variety of guises.
America, History and Life
Article abstracts and citations of reviews and dissertations covering the United States and Canada.
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