title: The History and Social Foundations of American Education (10th Edition)
author:  John D. Pulliam 
description: <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B>The preeminent guide on American education, this user-friendly reference details the most important persons, dates, events, and movements that shaped the nation&#39;s system of education, from its roots in European tradition, through the colonial period, to the challenges of the twenty-first century.&nbsp;&nbsp;</B> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B>&nbsp;</B> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">With a simple and logical organization, the material is presented in the most readable, accessible format on the market today. Here are all of the important people, places, dates, events, and movements; along with a capsule presentation of the underlying principles of educational practice and straightforward, nonjudgmental coverage of all of the current controversies within our educational system. <I>The History and Social Foundations of Education, Tenth Edition, </I>will be the only guide on the history of American education you will need to read. </P> <DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 6.75pt double; mso-element: para-border-div; mso-border-bottom-alt: thin-thick-thin-medium-gap windowtext 6.75pt"> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <B>&nbsp;</B> </P> </DIV>
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  and MILTON MAYER
  77/t Revolution
  in Education
  With mi Introduction by Clarence Faust
  THE UNIVERSITY
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  Library of Congress Catalog Number: 58-5534
  The
  University
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  Cambridge University Press, London, N.W.
  1, England
  The University of Toronto Press, Toronto
  5, Canada
  © 1958 by The University of Chicago.
  Published 1958
  Third Impression 1959.
  Composed and printed by The
  University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
  
  Preface
  This book attempts to locate the major differences in theory
  and principle which underlie the current acute controversies
  about American education—about
  its purposes,
  its institut