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This reinterpretation of the origins of the American high school is lively and compelling and will surely be controversial. At a time when public schools are again the subject of intense popular debate, we cannot know too much about the evolution and development of our basic educational institutions. --William J. Reese, Assistant Professor, Education and American Studies, Indiana University<br>

"""In a book-length reassessment of Michael Katz's celebrated case study, Maris Vinovskis has given us a more sophisticated statistical analysis and a more thorough reconstruction of the events surrounding the abolition of the Beverly high school in 1860. He casts doubt on Katz's class conflict interpretation, documenting the importance of other variables. It is a model of archival digging, quantitative methodology, and level-headed discussion.""--Carl F. Kaestle, Professor of Educational Policy Studies and History, University of Wisconsin-Madison ""This reinterpretation of the origins of the American high school is lively and compelling and will surely be controversial. At a time when public schools are again the subject of intense popular debate, we cannot know too much about the evolution and development of our basic educational institutions.""--William J. Reese, Assistant Professor, Education and American Studies, Indiana University ""Vinovskis's present work is the most significant contribution to American educational historiography since [Michael] Katz's classic study.""--F. Cordasco, Choice"

This reinterpretation of the origins of the American high school is lively and compelling and will surely be controversial. At a time when public schools are again the subject of intense popular debate, we cannot know too much about the evolution and development of our basic educational institutions. --William J. Reese, Assistant Professor, Education and American Studies, Indiana University

This reinterpretation of the origins of the American high school is lively and compelling and will surely be controversial. At a time when public schools are again the subject of intense popular debate, we cannot know too much about the evolution and development of our basic educational institutions. William J. Reese, Assistant Professor, Education and American Studies, Indiana University In a book-length reassessment of Michael Katz s celebrated case study, Maris Vinovskis has given us a more sophisticated statistical analysis and a more thorough reconstruction of the events surrounding the abolition of the Beverly high school in 1860. He casts doubt on Katz s class conflict interpretation, documenting the importance of other variables. It is a model of archival digging, quantitative methodology, and level-headed discussion. Carl F. Kaestle, Professor of Educational Policy Studies and History, University of Wisconsin Madison Vinovskis s present work is the most significant contribution to American educational historiography since [Michael] Katz s classic study. F. Cordasco, Choice This reinterpretation of the origins of the American high school is lively and compelling and will surely be controversial. At a time when public schools are again the subject of intense popular debate, we cannot know too much about the evolution and development of our basic educational institutions. --William J. Reese, Assistant Professor, Education and American Studies, Indiana University In a book-length reassessment of Michael Katz's celebrated case study, Maris Vinovskis has given us a more sophisticated statistical analysis and a more thorough reconstruction of the events surrounding the abolition of the Beverly high school in 1860. He casts doubt on Katz's class conflict interpretation, documenting the importance of other variables. It is a model of archival digging, quantitative methodology, and level-headed discussion. --Carl F. Kaestle, Professor of Educational Policy Studies and History, University of Wisconsin-Madison Vinovskis's present work is the most significant contribution to American educational historiography since [Michael] Katz's classic study. --F. Cordasco, Choice

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Maris A. Vinovskis, Professor in the Department of History and Research Scientist at the Center for Political Studies at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan, is the author or co-author of three other books, including Fertility in Massachusetts from the Revolution to the Civil War (1981). He is also the editor or co-editor of three other books and has contributed numerous articles and essays to the scholarly literature.

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