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ERIC Number: EJ608974
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0038-0407
Schooling All the Masses: Reconsidering the Origins of American Schooling in the Postbellum Era.
Baker, David P.
Sociology of Education, v72 n4 p197-215 Oct 1999
Examines whether U.S. Catholic schooling was a part of mass schooling as opposed to being labeled as private-elite. Explores how urbanization and industrialization increased mass schooling, public and Catholic combined, after the Civil War to the 1930s. Discusses the findings in detail. (Contains 80 references.) (CMK)
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Educational Change, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Rate, Industrialization, Public Education, School Expansion, Social Influences, Urbanization
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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