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| Author | Carl Kaestle |
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| Subject | History of American education |
| Published | 1983 (Hill & Wang) |
| Pages | 266 |
| ISBN | 0-80907-620-9 |
| LC Class | LA215 K33 1983 |
Pillars of the Republic is history book on the origins of the American common schools written by Carl Kaestle and published by Hill & Wang in 1983.
Rebecca Brooks Gruver of Hunter College described the book as "a comprehensive and [...] concise history" of how public schooling developed in a "common" fashion in the United States.[1] Thedore R. Mitchell of Dartmouth College stated that additionally, the book includes "the state of educational history".[2]
There are eight major chapters. Five of them cover the range 1830–1860.[3]