{"product_id":"the-war-that-wasnt-benjamin-justice-9780791462126","title":"The War That Wasn't: Religious Conflict and Compromise in the Common Schools of New York State, 1865-1900","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn ambitious and timely look at the role of religion in New York State's early public schools.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2006 History of Education Society's Outstanding Book Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2005 Annual Archives Award for Excellence in Research Using the Holdings of the New York State Archives presented by the Board of Regents and the New York State Archives \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistorians of religion and public schooling often focus on conflict and Bible Wars, pitting Catholics and Protestants against one another in palpitating narratives of the embattled development of American public schooling. The War That Wasn't tells a different story, arguing that in nineteenth-century New York State a civil system of democratic, local control led to adjustments and compromises far more than discord and bitter conflict. In the decades after the Civil War, New Yorkers from rural, one-room schools to big city districts hammered out a variety of ways to reconcile public education and religious diversity. This book recounts their stories in delightful and compelling detail. The common school system of New York State managed to keep the peace during a time of religious and ethnic pluralism, before sweeping educational reforms ended many of these compromises by the turn of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Benjamin Justice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0791462129\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791462126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/08\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 299\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.90d","brand":"Benjamin Justice","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47425059029247,"sku":"9780791462126","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d2e1a221-f88e-47e8-a3d7-97c8ce5a67be.jpg?v=1761536724","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-war-that-wasnt-benjamin-justice-9780791462126","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}