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Response

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2018

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Abstract

Because Thomas Fallace's article focuses on a foundational historiographical work in the history of education as a field, the editors invited four intellectual historians to write responses, published below. In a final essay, Professor Thomas Fallace of William Paterson University replies to his respondents.

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Reconsidering Bailyn: Author Roundtable
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History of Education Quarterly , Volume 58 , Issue 3 , August 2018 , pp. 338 - 360
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Copyright © History of Education Society 2018 

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