John W. Meyer|David Tyack|Joane Nagel|Audri Gordon
Public Education as Nation-Building in America: Enrollments and Bureaucratization in the American States, 1870-1930
current discussions effects urbanization industrialization bureaucratization american public education later 19th century offer effective explanations expansion educational system first place enrollments high much earlier explanations suggest probably higher rural urban settings argue spread public education especially north west took place series nationbuilding social movements partly religious partly political forms see movements reflecting involvement success american society world exchange economy dominance parallel religious ideologies statelevel data used show absence positive effects urban industrialism enrollments suggestive effects evangelical protestantism 19thcentury republicanism