This volume consists of twenty six autobiographical essays by leading historians of American education which document the enormous variety of paths taken to get into this field. A companion to earlier volumes on philosophy of education and curriculum studies, the historians in this volume reflect a wide variety of interests that underlay accomplishment in this scholarly field. They come from diverse backgrounds that have animated their scholarly careers in compelling ways. Readers in any variety of educational or historical study should learn from this volume how unplanned careers can still result in highly successful sets of accomplishments. That realization is a tribute both to the individual contributors and to the great attractiveness of educational history to committed scholars of various backgrounds and orientations.

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The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USA

Wayne J. Urban

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Book Title: Leaders in the Historical Study of American Education
Editors: Wayne J. Urban
Series Title: Leaders in Educational Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-755-4
Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
eBook ISBN: 978-94-6091-755-4Published: 01 January 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 325
Topics: Administration, Organization and Leadership

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