Collegiate republic : cultivating an ideal society in early America /
Sumner, Margaret, 1972-
Collegiate republic : cultivating an ideal society in early America / Margaret Sumner. - 1 online resource (ix, 255 pages) - Jeffersonian America . - Jeffersonian America. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cultivating the college world : "the generous purpose" -- Organizing the college world : "all various nature" -- Building the college world : "an elegant sufficiency" -- Working in the college world : "ease and alternate labor" -- Leaving the college world : "gentle spirits fly."
This book looks at the first generation of college communities founded after the American Revolution. Focusing on the published and private writings of the families who founded and ran new colleges in antebellum America--including Bowdoin College, Washington College (later Washington and Lee), and Franklin College in Georgia--the author argues that these institutions not only trained white male elites for professions and leadership positions but also were part of a wider interregional network of social laboratories for the new nation. Colleges, and the educational enterprise flourishing around them, provided crucial cultural construction sites where early Americans explored organizing elements of gender, race, and class as they attempted to shape a model society and citizenry fit for a new republic.
English.
9780813935683 (electronic bk.) 0813935687 (electronic bk.) 9781306788571 (e-book) 1306788579 (e-book) (cloth ; alk. paper) (cloth ; alk. paper)
22573/ctt6tbc05 JSTOR
1700-1899
Universities and colleges--History--United States--18th century.
Universities and colleges--History--United States--19th century.
Education, Higher--History--United States--18th century.
Education, Higher--History--United States--19th century.
Education, Higher--Social aspects--United States.
Education, Higher--Philosophy.--United States
Education.
Social Sciences.
History of Education.
Universités--Histoire--États-Unis--18e siècle.
Universités--Histoire--États-Unis--19e siècle.
Enseignement supérieur--Aspect social--États-Unis.
EDUCATION--Higher.
HISTORY--Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)--United States
Education, Higher.
Education, Higher--Philosophy.
Education, Higher--Social aspects.
Universities and colleges.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
LA227 / .S86 2014
378.73
Collegiate republic : cultivating an ideal society in early America / Margaret Sumner. - 1 online resource (ix, 255 pages) - Jeffersonian America . - Jeffersonian America. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cultivating the college world : "the generous purpose" -- Organizing the college world : "all various nature" -- Building the college world : "an elegant sufficiency" -- Working in the college world : "ease and alternate labor" -- Leaving the college world : "gentle spirits fly."
This book looks at the first generation of college communities founded after the American Revolution. Focusing on the published and private writings of the families who founded and ran new colleges in antebellum America--including Bowdoin College, Washington College (later Washington and Lee), and Franklin College in Georgia--the author argues that these institutions not only trained white male elites for professions and leadership positions but also were part of a wider interregional network of social laboratories for the new nation. Colleges, and the educational enterprise flourishing around them, provided crucial cultural construction sites where early Americans explored organizing elements of gender, race, and class as they attempted to shape a model society and citizenry fit for a new republic.
English.
9780813935683 (electronic bk.) 0813935687 (electronic bk.) 9781306788571 (e-book) 1306788579 (e-book) (cloth ; alk. paper) (cloth ; alk. paper)
22573/ctt6tbc05 JSTOR
1700-1899
Universities and colleges--History--United States--18th century.
Universities and colleges--History--United States--19th century.
Education, Higher--History--United States--18th century.
Education, Higher--History--United States--19th century.
Education, Higher--Social aspects--United States.
Education, Higher--Philosophy.--United States
Education.
Social Sciences.
History of Education.
Universités--Histoire--États-Unis--18e siècle.
Universités--Histoire--États-Unis--19e siècle.
Enseignement supérieur--Aspect social--États-Unis.
EDUCATION--Higher.
HISTORY--Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)--United States
Education, Higher.
Education, Higher--Philosophy.
Education, Higher--Social aspects.
Universities and colleges.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
LA227 / .S86 2014
378.73