| American Education: The National Experience, 1783–1876 | |
| Author: | Lawrence A. Cremin |
| Country: | United States |
| Genre: | History |
| Publisher: | Harper & Row |
| Pub Date: | 1980 |
| Pages: | 607 |
| Awards: | Pulitzer Prize for History |
| Isbn: | 978-0-06-010912-7 |
American Education: The National Experience, 1783–1876 is a 1980 nonfiction book by American historian Lawrence A. Cremin, published by Harper & Row. The book is the second volume in Cremin's trilogy on US schools throughout the nation's history. In 1981, the book won the Pulitzer Prize for History.[1]
The book is treated as a failure by Sol Cohen and most reviewers. They argued it covers too much ground– all of cultural history– too thinly.[2]