The Transformation of The School; Progressivism in American Education 1876-1957
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1961. First Edition. Demy Octavo : pp. [xii] [388] [xxiv] (Index) [2] (A Note on Type) : black boards lettered in gold on spine : publisher's device embossed on top board.
Lacks dustjacket; corners bumped. Item #15592
Cremin won the 1962 Bancroft Prize in American History for this book which described the anti-intellectual emphasis on non-academic subjects and non-authoritarian teaching methods that occurred as a result of mushrooming enrolment.
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