Patricians, Professors, and Public Schools: The Origins of Modern Educational Thought in America

276 Pages·1994·15.911 MB·English

by  Allan S. Horlick

BRILL'S STUDIES
IN
INTELLECTUAL HISTORY
General Editor
A.J. VANDERJAGT, University of Groningen
Editorial Board
M. COLISH, Oberlin College
J.I. ISRAEL, University College, London
J.D. NORTH, University of Groningen
H.A. OBERMAN, University of Arizona, Tucson
R.H. POPKIN, Washington University, St. Louis-UCLA
VOLUME 53
PATRICIANS, PROFESSORS,
AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS
The Origins of Modem Educational Thought in Amenca
BY
ALLAN S. HORLICK
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E.J. BRILL
LEIDEN · NEW YORK · KÖLN
1994
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Patricians, professors, and public schools : the origins of modern
educational thought in America / by Allan S. Horlick.
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0920-8607 ; v. 53)
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 9004100547 (alk. paper)
1. Education—United States—Philosophy—History. 2. Educational
sociology—United States—History. 3. Public schools—United
States—History. 4. Educational change—United States—History.
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Patricians, professors and public schools : the origins of
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1. The Late Nineteenth Century Confronts the Common School
Tradition 15
2. E. L. Godkin, Patrician Tutor: Limited Growth, Education,
and the Defense of Caste 46
3. Patrician Reform and Traditionalist Reaction in Boston:
Charles Francis Adams, Jr. and John Philbrick 75
4. Felix Adler, Ethical Culture, and Educational Reform in New
York: From the Workingman's School to "The Ethics of
Neighborhood," 1876-1900 100
5. Nicholas Murray Butler: From the Labor Question to
Teachers College 139
6. Academic Careers and the Reform Impulse: The Example of
John Dewey 172
7. The Uses of Pedagogy: Children's Needs and the Meaning of
Work 190
8. Education and Utopia: The Community of the Self-Fulfilled 212
Bibliography 243
Index 258