The Culture of Classicism: Ancient Greece and Rome in American Intellectual Life, 1780-1910 custer After the devastating Tennessee battles

After the devastating Tennessee battles of Franklin and Nashville in late 1864

Implementation of this new philosophy

forming a fresh and compelling narrative of Lincoln’s life

from hindsight

“Why has the history of that brigade not been written

The Culture of Classicism: Ancient Greece and Rome in American Intellectual Life, 1780-1910 custer After the devastating Tennessee battlesby 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