Essays on Education in the Early Republic is a collection of essays edited by Frederick Rudolph and published by Belknap Press in 1966.

Its contents were created in the early United States after the American Revolution.[1] Thoughts upon the Mode of Education proper in the Republic by Benjamin Rush and The Education of Youth in America by Noah Webster are included.[2]

Reception

W. D. Halls, in British Journal of Educational Studies, praised the "unity" in the essays.[2]

Mehdi Nakosteen of the University of Colorado praised the particular arrangement and assortment of the essays.[3] He stated that the book could be improved if it had information on how other early American figures thought of education.[4]

See also

References

  • Halls, W.D. (November 1966). "Reviewed Work: Essays on Education in the Early Republic by Frederick Rudolph". British Journal of Educational Studies. Taylor & Francis, Ltd. for Society for Educational Studies. 14 (3): 100–101. doi:10.2307/3119702. JSTOR 3119702.
  • Nakosteen, Mehdi (Spring 1966). "Reviewed Work: Essays on Education in the Early Republic by Frederick Rudolph". History of Education Quarterly. Cambridge University Press. 6 (1): 79–80. doi:10.2307/367014. JSTOR 367014.

Notes

  1. ↑ Halls, p. 100.
  2. 1 2 Halls, p. 101.
  3. ↑ Nakosteen, p. 79.
  4. ↑ Nakosteen, p. 80.


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