Governing the Young: Parental Involvement in the Primary Education of Children in the U.S., 1830-1860
FAIN: FA-11626-76
Barbara Finkelstein
University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, MD 20742-5141)
To explore reasons why parents in the years 1830-1860 sent their children to school, trying to discern whether their efforts to secure literacy for their children reflected the social dislocations and transformations that occurred in 19th century America.