Mass Education and the Limits of State Building, c.1870-1930

Brockliss, L.; Sheldon, N.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2012-02-21

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230273504

DOI: 10.1057/9780230370210

Dimensions: 229cm x152cm

Pages: 325