American Education: The Metropolitan Experience, 1876–1980
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American Education: The Metropolitan Experience, 1876–1980 is a major historical study by Lawrence Cremin that examines how urbanization and metropolitan life shaped the development of American educational institutions and practices in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
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| American Education: The Metropolitan Experience, 1876–1980 canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: American Education: The Metropolitan Experience, 1876–1980 Context triple: [Lawrence Cremin, notableWork, American Education: The Metropolitan Experience, 1876–1980]
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American Education: The National Experience, 1783–1876
American Education: The National Experience, 1783–1876 is a Pulitzer Prize–winning historical study that examines the development and transformation of the American educational system from the post-Revolutionary era through Reconstruction.
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American Education: The Colonial Experience, 1607–1783
American Education: The Colonial Experience, 1607–1783 is a landmark historical study by Lawrence Cremin that examines the development and character of educational practices in colonial America.
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The Higher Learning in America
The Higher Learning in America is Thorstein Veblen’s influential critique of U.S. universities, examining how business interests and status-seeking distort academic life and scholarship.
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The Transformation of the School
The Transformation of the School is an influential historical study by Lawrence Cremin that examines how progressive education reshaped American schooling in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
In the New World: Growing Up with America, 1960–1984
In the New World: Growing Up with America, 1960–1984 is a memoir by journalist and author Lawrence Wright that intertwines his coming-of-age story with the social and political transformations of the United States during the 1960s through the early 1980s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American Education: The Metropolitan Experience, 1876–1980 Target entity description: American Education: The Metropolitan Experience, 1876–1980 is a major historical study by Lawrence Cremin that examines how urbanization and metropolitan life shaped the development of American educational institutions and practices in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
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A.
American Education: The National Experience, 1783–1876
American Education: The National Experience, 1783–1876 is a Pulitzer Prize–winning historical study that examines the development and transformation of the American educational system from the post-Revolutionary era through Reconstruction.
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B.
American Education: The Colonial Experience, 1607–1783
American Education: The Colonial Experience, 1607–1783 is a landmark historical study by Lawrence Cremin that examines the development and character of educational practices in colonial America.
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C.
The Higher Learning in America
The Higher Learning in America is Thorstein Veblen’s influential critique of U.S. universities, examining how business interests and status-seeking distort academic life and scholarship.
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D.
The Transformation of the School
The Transformation of the School is an influential historical study by Lawrence Cremin that examines how progressive education reshaped American schooling in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
In the New World: Growing Up with America, 1960–1984
In the New World: Growing Up with America, 1960–1984 is a memoir by journalist and author Lawrence Wright that intertwines his coming-of-age story with the social and political transformations of the United States during the 1960s through the early 1980s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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historical study ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
education
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history ⓘ |
| analyzes |
relationships among schools, families, and urban communities
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role of non-school educational agencies in cities ⓘ |
| author | Lawrence A. Cremin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conclusion | metropolitanization significantly shaped American educational development ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| covers |
late nineteenth century American education
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twentieth century American education ⓘ |
| examines |
changes in educational policy in urban settings
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growth of metropolitan school bureaucracies ⓘ interaction of schools with other urban institutions ⓘ social and cultural context of urban schooling ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
development of American educational institutions
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impact of urbanization on education ⓘ metropolitan school systems ⓘ relationship between cities and schooling ⓘ |
| genre | history of education ⓘ |
| historicalMethod |
archival research
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interpretive history ⓘ |
| influenced |
interpretations of the role of cities in American schooling
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scholarship on urban education history ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
completing Lawrence Cremin’s synthetic history of American education
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emphasis on metropolitanization as a central theme in educational history ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | American Education trilogy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor |
American Education: The Colonial Experience, 1607–1783
NERFINISHED
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American Education: The National Experience, 1783–1876 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| setting | United States metropolitan areas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | scholarly reviews in history of education journals ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | 1876–1980 ⓘ |
| topic |
American education
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educational institutions ⓘ educational practices ⓘ metropolitan life ⓘ urbanization ⓘ |
| usedAs | reference work in history of American education ⓘ |
| usedIn | graduate courses in history of education ⓘ |
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Subject: American Education: The Metropolitan Experience, 1876–1980 Description of subject: American Education: The Metropolitan Experience, 1876–1980 is a major historical study by Lawrence Cremin that examines how urbanization and metropolitan life shaped the development of American educational institutions and practices in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
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