Author | Lawrence A. Cremin |
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Country | United States |
Genre | History |
Publisher | Harper & Row |
Publication date | 1980 |
Pages | 607 |
Awards | Pulitzer Prize for History |
ISBN | 978-0-06-010912-7 |
American Education: The National Experience, 1783–1876 is a 1980 nonfiction book by American historian Lawrence A. Cremin, published by Harper & Row. The book is the second volume in Cremin's trilogy on US schools throughout the nation's history. In 1981, the book won the Pulitzer Prize for History. [1]
The book is treated as a failure by Sol Cohen and most reviewers. They argued it covers too much ground– all of cultural history– too thinly. [2]