{"product_id":"the-school-upon-a-hill-education-and-society-in-colonial-new-england-9780393008241","title":"The School Upon a Hill: Education and Society in Colonial New England","description":"\u003cem\u003eThe School Upon a Hill\u003c\/em\u003e is the first attempt to portray a view of education that, in the author's words, \"enables us to see the educational process if not actually through children's eyes at least from their position in a Lilliputian universe.\" Its subject is socialization: the ways in which children in colonial New England were educated for life in society--whether it was the family, the church, or the larger community--and what they were taught that transformed them from cultureless newborns into functioning, obedient, and cooperative members of a distinctive society and culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/1976\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393008241\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.73d","brand":"James Axtell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43251348340917,"sku":"9780393008241","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_b328317c-90fa-44b7-8f70-304ee189dac6.jpg?v=1699371159","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-school-upon-a-hill-education-and-society-in-colonial-new-england-9780393008241","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}