Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-280) and index.
Contents
Explaining the history of religion in public schools -- Democracy trumps theocracy : the secular origins of the common school system in New York -- Religion in post-bellum state and local governance -- Politics, religion, and district schooling -- Religious use of the district schoolhouse -- Religious exercises in district schools -- Local control, religion, and urban schooling -- Religious exercises in urban schools -- Public funds for religious schools -- Explanations and implications.
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