Two Nations and the Educational Structure 1780-1870

by Brian Simon

The first of four studies in the "History of Education in England," this volume traces the emergence of modern education from the efforts of the scientific societies in the 1780s up to the securing of universal education with the Act of 1870. The ideas for model schools by such reformers as James Stuart Mill and Jeremy Bentham are expounded in detail, together with the early attempts at working people's self-education, the struggle for leadership...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0853153485
• ISBN13: 9780853153481
• Release Date: January 1960
• Publisher: Lawrence & Wishart
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"