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1 online resource (xii, 242 pages) |
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Introduction -- Frontier Scotch and Scotch-Irish -- A rich heritage -- The early education of William Holmes McGuffey -- Transylvania -- The Miami years -- College of teachers -- Cincinnati -- Ohio University -- Woodward College -- University of Virginia professor -- The Civil War and final years -- The one-room school house -- The McGuffey Reader -- An American view of education -- Pedagogy and methodology -- A common vision -- McGuffeyland capitalism -- McGuffeyland morals and patriotism -- The legacy of the man and his books |
| Summary |
Thanks to William Holmes McGuffey, frontier America's literacy rate was the world's highest, producing four generations of American leadership in the arts, science, and engineering. In his much-loved series of readers, McGuffey revolutionized education in America, merging basic principles with classic readings. Throughout Prof. Skrabec's research on American industrialists, the name William McGuffey kept popping up. William McGuffey was clearly the mentor of many of America's greatest capitalists |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
McGuffey, William Holmes, 1800-1873.
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| SUBJECT |
McGuffey, William Holmes, 1800-1873 fast |
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Educators -- United States -- Biography
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Moral education -- United States -- History
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Readers -- History
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Educators.
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EDUCATION -- History.
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EDUCATION -- Comparative.
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Educators
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Moral education
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Readers
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United States
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780875867281 |
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0875867286 |
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