| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 248 pages) |
| Series |
Writing Research, Pedagogy, and Policy Ser |
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Writing Research, Pedagogy, and Policy Ser
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| Contents |
Introduction : high schools, higher learning, and our histories -- The idea(l) of the high school -- A polished, practical, or profound education : collegiate curricula in the first ten years -- Practical rhetoric and progressive pedagogies in the high schools -- The "absurd effort" : the university idea and the changing high school -- "Just on the border of the intellectual world" : Central Colored High School -- Inventing the high school, inventing composition -- Conclusion : blurring the boundaries; a history for writing across higher schooling |
| Summary |
"The author demonstrates that public high schools were a vital site for advanced rhetoric and writing instruction in the United States in the nineteenth century. She notes their long-neglected role in the history of composition studies and provides a shared history for secondary and college and university teachers"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780809337439 |
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0809337436 |
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