Title: Education and the social order, 1940-1990 /
Authors: Simon, Brian
Date: 1991
Publisher: Lawrence & Wishart,
Physical description: 646 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language: English
LC class: L
Contents: The Second World War and education -- The Labour Government in control, 1945-51 -- The Tory government and education, 1951-56 -- Background to break-out, 1956-60 -- The break-out in higher education -- The break-out in secondary education : the comprehensive school -- Primary education in the 1960s -- The end of the decade : new polarities -- Downhill all the way : the 1970s -- The Thatcher governments, 1979-86 -- Kenneth Baker and the 1988 Education Act.
Notes: Includes indexes.