THE GOOD EDUCATION OF YOUTH. Worlds of Learning in the age of Franklin

Published by Oak Knoll Press, New Castle, DE, 2009

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Pp. x+348, printed in red & black, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, pictorial endpapers, indices; demy 4to; burgundy boards, lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Oak Knoll Press/University of Pennsylvania Press, New Castle, DE., 2009. First edition. *'In 1749, Benjamin Franklin published his educational call to arms, Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pennsilvania. In it, Franklin set forth a radically new template for educating students, one that stressed social utility, secular independence, and an English language-based curriculum . . . [The present book is a collection of essays] . . . looking in detail at Franklin's projects of education alongside educational plans by and for Quakers, African Americans, women, German Americans, and other populations of Pennsylvania and the region from the colonial era through the early national period' [wrapper blurb].

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Title
THE GOOD EDUCATION OF YOUTH. Worlds of Learning in the age of Franklin
Author
Franklin, Benjamin; Pollack, John H. [Editor]
Publisher
Oak Knoll Press, New Castle, DE
Publication year
2009
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First Edition.
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