Jesse Olney's innovative geography text of 1828 for common schools

Auteur :
BAKER, S.

Description :
Olney's geography book for American schools began, not with the solar system, but an exercise on local geography. A. elucidates the positive and negative aspects of this classroom text which went through 18 editions and sold millions of copies. - (DWG)


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Journal of geography, issn : 0022-1341, 1996, vol. 95, n°. 1, p. 32-38, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 16 ref.

Date :
1996

Editeur :
Pays édition : Etats-Unis, Chicago, IL, National Council for Geographic Education