Creating an Informed Citizenry: Knowledge and Democracy in the Early American Republic

Examining the early debates in the United States over how best to educate the constituents of the new nation



When the founding fathers of the United States inaugurated a system of government that was unprecedented in the modern world, they knew that a functioning democracy required an educated electorate capable of making rational decisions. But who would validate the information that influenced citizens’ opinions? By spotlighting various institutions of learning, George Oberle provides a co...