The war that wasn't : religious conflict and compromise in the common schools of New York State, 1865-1900 /
Historians of religion and public schooling often focus on conflict and Bible Wars, pitting Catholics and Protestants against one another in palpitating narratives of the embattled development of American public schooling. The War That Wasn't tells a different story, arguing that in nineteenth-...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
©2005.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=148514 |
| Summary: | Historians of religion and public schooling often focus on conflict and Bible Wars, pitting Catholics and Protestants against one another in palpitating narratives of the embattled development of American public schooling. The War That Wasn't tells a different story, arguing that in nineteenth-century New York State a civil system of democratic, local control led to adjustments and compromises far more than discord and bitter conflict. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 285 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-280) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1423748611 9781423748618 0791462110 9780791462119 9780791484463 0791484467 9780791462126 0791462129 |