Nationalism and Education Since 1789; A Social and Political History of Modern Education (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1922. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... ment of the intention of those laws. Another phase of human conservation is the extensive service which federal and state governments have undertaken in the interest of the public health. And in the ultimate analysis, indeed, all the activities of government in connection with public education are to be described under the general caption of the conservation, the utilization, and the cultivation of the human resources of the nation. The Practical Disappearance Of Sectionalism The influence of the railroads and the telegraph in bringing the vast geographical area of the United States together into a single cultural community has been pointed out in an earlier connection. For the first generation after the Civil War, the North and the South continued living over again the bitter misunderstandings of the past, and "waving the bloody shirt" continued to be a popular diversion of Northern Congressmen. But the South was changing. The older generation was disappearing and the new demands of a new economic day were modifying the perspective of all. The South remains today predominantly a rural section, but the importance of its industrial life is rapidly increasing. The textile industries of the towns of the Piedmont, the steel and iron interests of the mountain country, the increased production of coal and lumber and phosphate, the development of tobacco manufactures, and many other items of industrial activity, have modified the exclusively agricultural interest of the South and have increased the city population and multiplied wealth. Beginning with the new constitution adopted by the State of Mississippi in 1890, the Southern States began the elimination of the negro from politics through the devices of poll taxes, registration, and literacy and other tests that ope...