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Secondary Education in England, 1870-1902: Public Activity and Private Enterprise Book

In this comprehensive and extensively researched history of secondary education in England between 1870 and 1902, John Roach argues for a reassessment of the relative importance of state regulation and private provision. Although public schools enjoyed their greatest prestige during this period, their commitment to true educational reform and progress has been exaggerated. The role of the public school, Roach suggests, was social rather than academic, and as such its power and influence is to be interpreted mainly in relation to the growth of new social elites, and the needs of the empire for a bureaucratic ruling class.Read More

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  • 0415035724
  • 9780415035729
  • Prof John Roach, John Roach
  • 4 July 1991
  • Routledge
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 296
  • 1
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