TY - GEN N2 - "The radical Democratic-Republican Societies that emerged during the 1790s not only challenged conventional interpretations of the civic republican tradition, they also adopted Enlightenment principles in their advocacy for universal public education. Brian W. Dotts' The Political Education of Democratus: Negotiating Civic Virtue during the Early Republic shows that, unlike mainstream educational philosophy of the period, radical democrats supported universal political education as essential in protecting liberty and political equality"-- AB - "The radical Democratic-Republican Societies that emerged during the 1790s not only challenged conventional interpretations of the civic republican tradition, they also adopted Enlightenment principles in their advocacy for universal public education. Brian W. Dotts' The Political Education of Democratus: Negotiating Civic Virtue during the Early Republic shows that, unlike mainstream educational philosophy of the period, radical democrats supported universal political education as essential in protecting liberty and political equality"-- T1 - The political education of Democratusnegotiating civic virtue during the early republic / DA - 2012. CY - Lanham, Md. : AU - Dotts, Brian W. CN - E310 PB - Lexington Books, PP - Lanham, Md. : PY - 2012. ID - 803161 KW - Political clubs. KW - Democracy and education. KW - Citizenship SN - 9780739167212 TI - The political education of Democratusnegotiating civic virtue during the early republic / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=878278 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=878278 ER -