Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments vii
3. Contents ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. The Origins of Public Education 5
6. 2. Alternative Models for American Education 24
7. 3. How Urban School Systems Became Bureaucracies: The Boston Case, 1850-1884 58
8. 4. History and Reform 111
9. 5. The Politics of Educational History 136
10. 6. The Moral Crisis of the University 160
11. Notes 185
12. Index 209