Classical and European history was part of the 19th-century grammar curriculum. American history became a topic later in the 19th century.Barry Joyce, The First U.S. History Textbooks: Constructing and Disseminating the American Tale in the Nineteenth Century (Lexington, 2015). viii, 335 pp.
Classical and European history was part of the 19th-century grammar curriculum American history became a topic later in the 19th centuryBarry Joyce The First US History Textbooks Constructing and Disseminating the American Tale in the Nineteenth Century (Lexington 2015) viii 335 pp