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Schools, politics, and society : elementary education in Wales, 1870-1902
- Title
- Schools, politics, and society : elementary education in Wales, 1870-1902 / by Robert Smith.
- Author
- Smith, Robert, 1968-
- Publication
- Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 1999.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- University of Wales. Board of Celtic Studies. History and Law Committee.
- Description
- x, 301 p.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "The Education Act of 1870, which provided that every child in England and Wales should have the opportunity to receive elementary education, had far-reaching implications both inside and outside the classroom, Schools, Politics and Society: Elementary Education in Wales, 1870-1902, is a revealing study of education in late-Victorian Wales. It also analyses the emergence of local democracy at the end of the nineteenth century and assesses the role of political and religious leadership at a crucial time in Wales's history."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- Studies in Welsh history ; 15
- Uniform Title
- Studies in Welsh history ; 15.
- Subject
- 1800-1899
- Education, Elementary > Wales > History > 19th century
- Education and state > Wales > History > 19th century
- Religion in the public schools > Wales > History > 19th century
- Welsh language > Study and teaching (Elementary) > Political aspects
- Native language and education > Wales > History > 19th century
- Education and state
- Education, Elementary
- Native language and education
- Religion in the public schools
- Schulpolitik
- Sprachpolitik
- Konfessionalität
- Grundschule
- Geschichte 1870-1902
- Wales
- Wales
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- "Published on behalf of the History and Law Committee of the Board of Celtic Studies."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [282]-293) and index.
- Contents
- I.The Education Act of 1870: The Debate in Wales -- II.The Battle for the Boards -- III.High Principles at the Parish Pump -- IV.Difficulty and Progress -- V.'To Educate and Not to Proselytise' -- VI.The Welsh Language -- VII.'I Can Learn him Better Myself at Home' -- VIII.The Teacher in Welsh Society -- Conclusion: Resting on Laurels: Education at the Turn of the Century.
- ISBN
- 0708315356
- 9780708315354
- LCCN
- 00272998
- OCLC
- ocm42211540
- 42211540
- SCSB-1031074
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library