Mass Education and the Limits of State Building, c.1870-1930
, by Brockliss, Laurence; Sheldon, NicolaNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780230273504 | 0230273505
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 4/15/2012
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.