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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''American Education: The National Experience, 1783–1876''}}
'''''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 U.S. schools throughout the nation's history. In 1981, the book won the [[Pulitzer Prize for History]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1145999.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120060650/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1145999.html |
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.<ref>Sol Cohen, "Lawrence A. Cremin: Hostage To History," ''Historical Studies in Education'' (1998) 10#1-2 pp 180-204.</ref>
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