The Child and the Republic: The Dawn of Modern American Child Nurture [Reprint 2016 ed.] 9781512819397
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Table of contents :
Preface
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
I. The Child Redeemable (1830-1860)
1. The Stakes of the Game
2. The Will and the Word
3. The Sweeter Service of God and Morality
4. Food for Body and Spirit
5. Spare the Rod and Save the Child
6. Fit for Children to Hear
7. What Teacher Thought
8. Life vs. Law
II. The Child Redeemer (1860-1900)
9. A Bridge of Sighs, 1860-1880
10. Gentle Methods for a Harsher World
11. Grass-Roots Enlightenment
12. ’Mid Pleasure and Principles
13. The “New Education” and The Old Ideals
14. A God Fit for Children
15. Resisting the Tide of Pluralism
Bibliography
Index
Citation preview
Tke CHILD and Tke REPUBLIC
The C H I L D and T h e R E P U B L I C
THE DAWN OF MODERN AMERICAN CHILD NURTURE
By Bernard Wishy
Philadelphia UNIVERSITY
of PENNSYLVANIA
PRESS
©
1968
BY THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: 67-26223
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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