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Homeschool

An American History

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  • © 2008

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  1. Milton Gaither
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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Milton Gaither
    Pages 1-6

  3. The Family State, 1600–1776

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    Pages 7-25

  4. The Family Nation, 1776–1860

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    Pages 27-49

  5. The Eclipse of the Fireside, 1865–1930

    • Milton Gaither
    Pages 51-81

  6. Why Homeschooling Happened, 1945–1990

    • Milton Gaither
    Pages 83-115

  7. Three Homeschooling Pioneers

    • Milton Gaither
    Pages 117-140

  8. The Changing of the Guard, 1983–1998

    • Milton Gaither
    Pages 141-173

  9. Making It Legal

    • Milton Gaither
    Pages 175-200

  10. Homeschooling and the Return of Domestic Education, 1998–2008

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    Pages 201-226

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 227-273
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About this book

This is a lively account of one of the most important and overlooked themes in American education. Beginning in the colonial period and working to the present, Gaither describes in rich detail how the home has been used as the base for education of all kinds. The last five chapters focus especially on the modern homeschooling movement and offer the most comprehensive and authoritative account of it ever written. Readers will learn how and why homeschooling emerged when it did, where it has been, and where it may be going. Please visit Gaither's blog here: http://gaither.wordpress.com/homeschool-an-american-history/

About the author

Milton Gaither is Professor of Education at Messiah College, USA.

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