Early American Textbooks, 1775-1900. a Catalog of the Titles Held by the Educational Research Library. INSTITUTION Alvina Treut Burrows Inst., Manhasset, NY
DOCUMENT RESUME ED 264 601 CS 209 572 AUTHOR Svobodny, Dolly, Ed. Early American Textbooks, 1775-1900. A Catalog of the Titles Held by the Educational Research Library. INSTITUTION Alvina Treut Burrows Inst., Manhasset, NY. SPONS AGENCY Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. PUB DATE 85 CONTRACT 400-78-0015 NOTE 300p.; For companion volumes, see "Fifteenth to Eighteenth Century Rare Books on Education" (ED 139 434) and "Early American Upellers" (CS209 573). Printed on colored paper. PUB TYPE Reference Materials - Directories/Catalogs (132) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC12 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Educational Change; *Educational History; Educational Philosophy; Elementary Secondary Education; Library Cataloas; Publishing Industry; Reference Materials; *Textbooks; *United States History IDENTIFIERS Early American Textbook Collection; Educational Research Library DC ABSTRACT Intended as an educational resource foruse in the study of the early development of education in the UnitedStates, this catalog, prepared by the Educational ResearchLibrary of the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Researchand Improvement, contains bibliographic descriptions formore than 6,000 textbooks published from 1775 to 1900. Followingan introductory essay that discusses the role of textbooks in educational change, the titles are arranged in categories correspondingto the following academic disciplines: (1) art education; (2) business education;(3) civics; (4) English, including children's literature,composition, elocution, grammar, literature, primers, readers, andspellers; (5) foreign languages, including French, German, Greek, Latin,and Spanish; (6) geography; (7) history, including ancient,European, United States (national and local), and world history;(8) mathematics, including algebra, arithmetic, andgeometry; (9) music education; (10) penmanship; (11) philosophy; (12) religious education; (13) science, including anatomy,astronomy, botany, chemistry, geology, nature science, physics, and zoology;and (14) women's education.
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