Britain was the last major European state to create a national education system and is set to be the first to dismantle it. In this wide-ranging comparative study, Andy Green examines the reasons for the uneven development of public education in England, Prussia, France and the USA.
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'a seminal book' - Anne Corbett, Times Educational Supplement
'a courageous and challenging book' - Roy Lowe, History of Education
'a vital contribution to our understanding of the changing role of the state in education provision. It should be read widely.' - Clyde Chitty, Forum
'the first serious, all-embracing, socio-historical, cross-national analysis of this whole phenomenon.' - Brian Simon
'learned, thought-provoking and well written.' - Patrick Harrigan, Historical Studies in Education
'The book is eminently readable, and well argued and documented.' - Witold Tulasiewicz, Comparative Education
'Green has provided a work of such depth and scope that historians and sociologists might ignore at their own considerable loss.' - Dianne Snow, Comparative Education
'Andy Green has written a very good book indeed.' - Roger Dale, Journal of Education Policy
'Green's seminal book treats the relationship between education and the state...As a collective future in Europe takes shape, this timely book raises questions which Britain surely cannot afford to ignore about the aims of a public education system.' Times Educational Supplement Britain was the last major European state to create a national education system and is set to be the first to dismantle it. In this wide-ranging comparative study, Andy Green examines the reasons for the uneven development of public education in England, Prussia, France and the USA and locates the origins of England's educational peculiarities in the voluntary system of the Victorian period.
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