| Description |
xvi, 252 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-243) and index. |
| Contents |
"The school of infancy" : European origins of the American preschool movement -- "Too large an undertaking for a few ladies" : the infant school and the family school in America -- "Come, let us live with our children" : Friedrich Froebel and the German kindergarten movement -- "Paradise of childhood" : early private and public kindergartens in America -- Educating "other peoples' children" : the free kindergarten movement in America -- "The land of childhood" : the establishment of public kindergartens in America -- "A place for children in the modern world" : private nursery schools in the 1910s and 1920s -- Public preschools. |
| Subject |
Education, Preschool -- United States -- History.
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Education, Preschool. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Indexed Term |
Pre-school children Education History |
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United States |
| ISBN |
0300060270 alkaline paper |
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