Education, economic change and society in England 1780-1870
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Education, economic change and society in England 1780-1870
(Studies in economic and social history)
Macmillan Education, 1991
2nd ed
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Previous ed.: 1983
Select bibliography: p. 71-83
Includes index: p. 84-91
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Focusing on the period 1780-1870, this revised edition contains a new editor's preface and examines the social, educational and economic aspects of 18th- and 19th-century England.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Literacy and mass elementary education: i before 1830 - conflicting trends
- ii 1830-1870 - the drive to mass literacy. Part 2 Was there a technical education?: the 18th-century scientific culture
- the mechanics institutes
- South Kensington and after. Part 3 A "middle class" education: the private schools, grammar schools and social change
- the rise of the public schools. Part 4 The universities: Oxford, Cambridge and liberal education
- provincial reflections
- a radical alternative. Part 5 Aspirations and ideologies: political radicals
- feminism and the education of women.
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