In this Book
- The Two Nations and the Educational Structure 1780-1870: 1964-1991 End Games and New Times
- Book
- 1960
- Published by: Lawrence & Wishart
summary
This volume is the first in Brian Simon's series History of Education in England, traces the emergence of modern education from the efforts of the scientific societies in the 1780s up to the securing of universal education with the Education Act of 1870. The ideas for modern schools, by such reformers as James Mill and Jeremy Bentham, are expounded in detail, together with the early attempts at working people’s self-education; the struggle for leadership of the Mechanic’s Institute and Robert Owen’s movement for communal education. Reform of the universities and grammar schools is shown as part of the changeover of political power from the landed aristocracy to the industrial middle class. The book documents the struggle of the Chartists to ensure the working class was educated, and it examines the important role of the trade Unions is pushing through the Education Act of 1870
Table of Contents
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- Introduction
- pp. 13-16
Additional Information
ISBN
9781910448335
Related ISBN(s)
9780853153481
MARC Record
OCLC
933516608
Pages
374
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No