The One Best System - A History of American Urban Education (Paperback, New edition)

"The One Best System" a major new interpretation of what actually happened in the development of one of America's most influential institutions. At the same time it is a narrative in which the participants themselves speak out: farm children and factory workers, frontier teachers and city superintendents, black parents and elite reformers. And it encompasses both the achievements and the failures of the system: the successful assimilation of immigrants, racism and class bias; the opportunities offered to some, the injustices perpetuated for others.

Mr. Tyack has placed his colorful, wide-ranging view of history within a broad new framework drawn from the most recent work in history, sociology, and political science. He looks at the politics and inertia, the ideologies and power struggles that formed the basis of our present educational system. Using a variety of social perspectives and methods of analysis, David Tyack illuminates for all readers the change from village to urban ways of thinking and acting over the course of more than one hundred years.

General

Imprint:	Harvard University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2007
First published:	June 2007
Authors:	David B. Tyack
Dimensions:	210 x 140 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	368
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-674-63782-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > General
LSN:	0-674-63782-8
Barcode:	9780674637825

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