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: 2012-01-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349323999

DOI: 10.1057/9780230370210

Dimensions: 254cm x178cm

Pages: 325