Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi transformed education theory and practice worldwide. Daniel Tröhler connects Pestalozzi's work to its context in Europe's late 18th- and early 19th-century republican movement, offering readers a way to understand the sociopolitical significance of education and its central role in the development of modern societies.

Daniel Tröhler is Professor in Educational Sciences and Director of the Languages, Culture, Media and Identities research unit at the University of Luxembourg, where he also serves as the Director of the Doctoral School in Educational Sciences. His latest book, Languages of Education: Protestant Legacies, National Identities, and Global Aspirations was awarded AERA Outstanding Book of the Year Award in 2012.