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McGuffey Readers

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McGuffey Readers
sold 122,000,000 copies and exerted profound moral and cultural effect in mid 19th-century America. [Am. Hist.: Hart, 509]
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Michael Kirst notes that the widely read McGuffey readers, first published in 1836, openly preached the Protestant ethic, while Catharine Beecher "urged that the school teach the importance of fresh air, loose clothing, simple diet, and exercise.
Critical demagogues: what happens when ideology and teaching mix by Rochester, J. Martin / Education Next
One site encapsulates these arguments: "The McGuffey Readers were a better reading system than anything that exists in a school today .
Social history for beginners: a "young scholar" looks at his new ... by Gassan, Richard / Journal of Social History
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