Mass Education and the Limits of State Building, c.1870-1930 [electronic resource] /
Brockliss, L.editor.
Sheldon, N.editor.
The first comparative study of the spread of mass education around the world in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this unique new book uses a bottom-up focus and demonstrates, to an extent not appreciated hitherto, the gulf between the intentions of the government and the reality on the ground.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Note on Timelines and Glossaries; General Introduction; Part I The British Isles; Introduction; 1 Citizenship, Moral Education and the English Elementary School; 2 Elite Education and the Development of Mass Elementary Schooling in England, 1870-1930; 3 Faith and Nationhood: Church, State and the Provision of Schooling in Ireland, 1870-1930; Part II Continental Europe; Introduction
4 From the ' Zwergschule ' (One-Room Schoolhouse) to the Comprehensive School: German Elementary Schools in Imperial Germany and the Weimar Republic, 1870-19305 'Schools Are Society's Salvation': The State and Mass Education in France, 1870-1930; 6 Russia and the Soviet Union: Schooling, Citizenship and the Reach of the State, 1870-1945; Part III The Wider World; Introduction; 7 'To Become GOOD MEMBERS OF CIVIL SOCIETY and PATRIOTIC AMERICANS': Mass Education in the United States, 1870-1930; 8 Primary Education and the Construction of Citizenship in Brazil, 1870-1930: Progress and Tensions
9 The Role of Mass Education in Nation-Building in the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish Republic, 1870-1930Part IV The Colonial Empires; Introduction; 10 'Education for Every Son and Daughter of South Africa': Race, Class and the Compulsory Education Debate in the Cape Colony; 11 India's Trials with Citizenship, Modernisation and Nationhood; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The first comparative study of the spread of mass education around the world in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this unique new book uses a bottom-up focus and demonstrates, to an extent not appreciated hitherto, the gulf between the intentions of the government and the reality on the ground.
History, Modern.
World history.
Education—History.
Social history.
International education .
Comparative education.
Intellectual life—History.
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World History, Global and Transnational History.
History of Education.
Social History.
International and Comparative Education.
Intellectual Studies.