TY  - BOOK
AU  - Richard,Carl J.
TI  - The Golden Age of the Classics in America: Greece, Rome, and the Antebellum United States / 
SN  - 9780674032644
AV  - E165 .R513 2009
U1  - 973.3 22
PY  - 2009///]
CY  - Cambridge, MA : : 
PB  - Harvard University Press, 
KW  - Civilization, Classical
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Classical literature
KW  - Education
KW  - Political culture
KW  - HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
KW  - sh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; 1. Classical Conditioning: School, Home, and Society --; 2. Democracy --; 3. Pastoralism and Utilitarianism --; 4. Nationalism --; 5. Romanticism --; 6. Christianity --; 7. Slavery --; Epilogue --; Notes --; Index; restricted access
N2  - In a masterful study Carl Richard explores how the Greek and Roman classics became enshrined in American antebellum culture. For the first time, knowledge of the classics extended beyond aristocratic males to the middle class, women, African Americans, and frontier settlers. The Civil War led to a radical alteration of the educational system in a way that steadily eroded the preeminence of the classics
UR  - https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674054493
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674054493
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ER  -