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American Education

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American Education: The National Experience, 1783–1876
AuthorLawrence A. Cremin
GenreHistory
PublisherHarper & Row
Publication date
1980
Publication placeUnited States
Pages607
AwardsPulitzer Prize for History
ISBN978-0-06-010912-7

American Education: The National Experience, 1783–1876 is a 1980 nonfiction book by American historian Lawrence A. Cremin, published by Harper & Row. The book is the second volume in Cremin's trilogy on US schools throughout the nation's history. In 1981, the book won the Pulitzer Prize for History.[1]

The book is treated as a failure by Sol Cohen and most reviewers. They argued it covers too much ground– all of cultural history– too thinly.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "L.A. Cremin, Historian on Education, Dies". The Washington Post. September 5, 1990. Archived from the original on November 20, 2018.
  2. ^ Sol Cohen, "Lawrence A. Cremin: Hostage To History", Historical Studies in Education (1998) 10#1-2 pp 180-204.