The Golden Age of the Classics in America

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The Golden Age of the Classics in America is written by Carl J Richard and published by Harvard University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0674054490 (ISBN 10) and 9780674054493 (ISBN 13).

In a masterful study Carl Richard explores how the Greek and Roman classics became enshrined in American antebellum culture. For the first time, knowledge of the classics extended beyond aristocratic males to the middle class, women, African Americans, and frontier settlers. The Civil War led to a radical alteration of the educational system in a way that steadily eroded the preeminence of the classics.