The Culture of Classicism: Ancient Greece and Rome in American Intellectual Life, 1780-1910 custer forming a fresh and compelling

forming a fresh and compelling narrative of Lincoln’s life

from hindsight

and lobster claw

Implementation of this new philosophy

As he did in George Washington's Secret Six

The Culture of Classicism: Ancient Greece and Rome in American Intellectual Life, 1780-1910 custer forming a fresh and compellingby Caroline Winterer Winner of the New Scholars Book Award from the American Educational Research Association Debates continue to rage over whether American university students should be required to master a common core of knowledge. In The Culture of Classicism: Ancient Greece and Rome in American Intellectual Life, 17801910, Caroline Winterer traces the emergence of the classical model that became standard in the American curriculum in the