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100			_aHarpham, Geoffrey Galt
245			_aWhat do you think, Mr. Ramirez? : the american revolution in education
260			_aChicago: _b University of Chicago Press, _c[c2017]
300			_a230 p
505			_aPreface I The American Revolution in Education Mr. Ramirez Comes to America Teaching the Intangibles: General Education in Postwar America Limitations of the Whole Man Breaking the Stranglehold of the Present James B. Conant, American Radical II Rights of the Pryvat Spyrit: From Dissent to Interpretation From Separation to Society From Faith to Fiction From Origin to Originalism From Eloquence to Abolition From America to English III The Peculiar Opportunities of English English and Wisdom The Meaning of Literature The Birth of Criticism from the Spirit of Compromise I. A. Richards and the Emergence of an American Humanities Turning Science into the Humanities: The New Criticism The Persistence of Intention
520			_aThis book contains that there is, and that the system of general, universal, and liberal education that became national policy after WWII reflected a distinctive national self-understanding. Exploring the deep currents of commitment and aspiration that informed that system, this book argues that many of the distinctive features of American education reflect a recognition that only education could solve the problems created by democracy, and particularly by a written Constitution. The need for citizens to have disciplined opinions, especially about the meaning of texts, accounts for the centrality of the humanities and the distinctive prominence of English in the American curriculum. In the final section, the book offers a striking new account of the history of literary study in the United States that places it in the context of a national project of education.
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