Educating the child in Enlightenment Britain : beliefs, cultures, practices / edited by Mary Hilton and Jill Shefrin.
| Other author | Hilton, Mary, 1946- |
| Other author | Shefrin, Jill. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Farnham, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, ©2009. |
| Description | ix, 243 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Ashgate studies in childhood, 1700 to the present Ashgate studies in childhood, 1700 to the present. ^A769876 |
| Contents | Introduction / Mary Hilton and Jill Shefrin -- 'Oh miserable and most ruinous measure' : the debate between private and public education in Britain, 1760-1800 / Sophia Woodley -- Evangelicalism and Enlightenment : the educational agenda of Hannah More / Anne Stott -- Marketing religious identity : female educators, Methodist culture, and eighteenth-century childhood / Mary Clare Martin -- Learning and virtue : English grammar and the eighteenth-century girls' school / Carol Percy -- 'Familiar conversation' : the role of the "familiar format" in education in eighteenth and nineteenth-century England / Michèle Cohen -- Hosting the grand tour : civility, enlightenment, and culture, c. 1740-1790 / Jennifer Mori -- Superior to the rudest shocks of adversity : English Jesuit education and culture in the long eighteenth century, 1688-1832 / Maurice Whitehead -- Colonizing the mind : the use of English writers in the education of the Irish poor, c. 1750-1850 / Deirdre Raftery -- 'Adapted for and used in infants' schools, nurseries, &c.' : booksellers and the infant school market / Jill Shefrin -- Delightful instruction? : assessing children's use of educational books in the long eighteenth century / M.O. Grenby. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-225) and index. |
| LCCN | 2008029300 |
| ISBN | 9780754664604 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0754664600 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | LA631.5 .E38 2009 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |