The Lost Elementary Schools of Victorian England
The Lost Elementary Schools of Victorian England

Author: Philip Gardner

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-04-17

Total Pages: 398

ISBN-13: 1351003003

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Published in 1984. As late as 1870, a substantial proportion of working class pupils receiving an elementary education were attending private schools, run by the working class itself, instead of schools which were publicly sponsored. Previous studies in this area have concentrated on the latter, however, the author of this study adopts a wider approach by focusing on the relation between the working-class and education, in order to demonstrate the nature of the class-cultural conflict that existed. Two main methods of investigation are employed: the pattern of working-class responses to the official educational provision are charted and the positive traditions of independent working-class educational activity are analysed. These traditions formed a part of the foundation on which resistance to official education was based. This thoroughly researched book extends our understanding of this hitherto neglected area in the history of education.

Memoirs of Victorian Working-Class Women
Memoirs of Victorian Working-Class Women

Author: Florence s. Boos

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-12-02

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 3319642154

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This volume is the first to identify a significant body of life narratives by working-class women and to demonstrate their inherent literary significance. Placing each memoir within its generic, historical, and biographical context, this book traces the shifts in such writings over time, examines the circumstances which enabled working-class women authors to publish their life stories, and places these memoirs within a wider autobiographical tradition. Additionally, Memoirs of Victorian Working-Class Women enables readers to appreciate the clear-sightedness, directness, and poignancy of these works.

The City and Education in Four Nations
The City and Education in Four Nations

Author: Ronald K. Goodenow

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2003-12-04

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 9780521892919

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The City and Education in Four Nations is a response to a long-standing need for the placing of urban educational study in broader comparative contexts, both historical and international. This volume offers an account of the historical educational experiences of four major English-speaking countries, opening up new research agendas in a variety of fields. An international team of contributors has been assembled, combining historical and educational expertise, and the work should interest scholars in a number of disciplines, including urban history, urban and comparative education, social and public policy, social and cultural history and the history of education.