The contribution of Aléxis of Tocqueville’s book, The democracy of America, to Tavares Bastos’s discussions about school and politicalinstitutional organization in Brazil

The objective of this article is to show the contribution of The democracy of America in the writings of Tavares Bastos (1839-1875), which depicts the school as an indispensable environment for the construction of national unity and identity, as well as discusses education as a form of integrating t...

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Main Author: Josefa Eliana Souza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de História da Educação 2012-02-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de História da Educação
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Online Access:http://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/rbhe/article/view/38559