Abstract
practice from the beginnings of our nation. Each of the four parts has an invaluable introduction establishing the mood for and setting the stage of the period to follow. This interesting anthology starts with The Colonial Period (16071782), as seen through the eyes of Benjamin Franklin, Cotton Mather, Paul H. Douglas, and Samuel E. Morison. The Early National Period (1783-1864), is depicted through the sympathetic writings of Michel de Crevecoeur and Alexis de Tocqueville in addition to those of Jefferson, Mann, Charles Brooks, and many others. Parts III and IV, Expansion and Reorganization (1865-1918), and Education in an Industrial Democracy (1919), round out this engaging volume which puts American education in perspective as to progress made and problems still unsolved. Although it is, of course, clearly impossible to cover all subjects in a one-volume edition of readings, a selection of current curricular theories contrasted with earlier periods would have added immeasurably for an adequate understanding of the economic, social, and political forces shaping today's U. S. educational policies.
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