Review of \u3ci\u3eAmerica\u27s Country Schools\u3c/i\u3e By Andrew Guilliford

In Andrew Guilliford\u27s view, many scholars have portrayed the history of American country schools in too narrow a fashionpresenting them as either pedagogical disasters or as images of the nation\u27s success. Thus, the purpose of Guilliford\u27s quite readable book, America\u27s Country Schools, is to present a balanced interpretation of the historic educational setting, reconciling the beneficial elements of traditional education with some of its well-founded criticisms. Although his primary contribution to the literature is a large pictorial collection, Guilliford cites a wealth of scholarly works in his historical review. He takes into account the quality of curricula and teachers, the type of available supplies, the architecture of various buildings, and the schools\u27 relative benefit to the communities they served