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- Treats education broadly, embracing informal aspects like the spread of reading and basic literacy and the part played by cultural activities, as well as developments in the provision of formal elementary, secondary, adult and higher education
Covers England, Wales and Scotland. No other recent textbook covers the educational history of all three countries
Provides critical assessment of the varying strengths of opposing viewpoints on numerous topics of historical controversy, drawing on recent research
Part of the book series: Social History in Perspective (SHP)
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Book Title: Education in Britain, 1750–1914
Authors: W. B. Stephens
Series Title: Social History in Perspective
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-27231-0
Publisher: Red Globe Press London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: W. B. Stephens 1998
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 220
Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave
Topics: History of Britain and Ireland