The political education of Democratus negotiating civic virtue during the early republic /

"The radical Democratic-Republican Societies that emerged during the 1790s not only challenged conventional interpretations of the civic republican tradition, they also adopted Enlightenment principles in their advocacy for universal public education. Brian W. Dotts' The Political Education of Democ...

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Autor principal: Dotts, Brian W.
Autor Corporativo: ebrary, Inc
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Lenguaje:inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Sumario:"The radical Democratic-Republican Societies that emerged during the 1790s not only challenged conventional interpretations of the civic republican tradition, they also adopted Enlightenment principles in their advocacy for universal public education. Brian W. Dotts' The Political Education of Democratus: Negotiating Civic Virtue during the Early Republic shows that, unlike mainstream educational philosophy of the period, radical democrats supported universal political education as essential in protecting liberty and political equality"--
Descripción Física:xiii, 271 p.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.