Introduction
John Hughes: Catholic dissent in nineteenth-century New York City
Institutionalizing Catholic dissent: the nineteenth-century parochial school
The Bennett law: a source of dissent
Questioning the prevailing orthodoxy: Bible-reading and the Edgerton decision
Protestant dissent in the nineteenth century: three Presbyterians
The Christian day school movement: new Protestant dissenters
The state and the new Protestant dissenters: the Whisner decision
Homeschooling redivivus: accommodating the Anabaptists of American education
Final thoughts.
The dissenting tradition in American education by James C. Carper. ISBN 9780820479200. Published by P. Lang in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.