Preface About the Authors 1. Education in Precolonial America: Native American Cultural Traditions 2. Colonization and Cultural Transplantation: 1607-1776 3. Education and the Building of a New Nation: 1776-1830 4. The Common Man and the Common School: 1820-1860 5. Class, Caste, and Education in the South: 1800-1900 6. Beginning a Modern School System: 1865-1890 7. Organizing the Modern School System: Educational Reform in the Progressive Era, 1890-1915 8.

Completing the Modern School System: American Education, 1915-1929 9. The Effects of Depression and War on American Education:1930-1946 10. Education During and After the Crucial Decade: 1945-1960 11. The Pursuit of Equality: 1960-1980 12. From Equality to Excellence: American Education, 1980-2000 13. American Education in the Twenty-First Century Index.