The City and education in four nations / edited by Ronald K. Goodenow and William E. Marsden.

Other author Goodenow, Ronald K.
Other author Marsden, W. E. (William Edward)
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press ; Paris : Editions de la Maison des Sciences de L'Homme, 1992.
Descriptionxvi, 250 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Education, Urban--Great Britain. --History.
Education, Urban--United States. --History.
Education, Urban--Canada. --History.
Education, Urban--Australia. --History.

SeriesThemes in international urban history
Themes in international urban history. ^A306939
Contents Introduction : problematics and domains : thinking internationally about urban education / Ronald K. Goodenow -- History, education and the city : a review of trends in Britain / David A. Reeder -- Education and America's cities / Ronald D. Cohen and William J. Reese -- The 'state' of the history of urban education in Australia / Kerry Wimshurst and Ian Davey -- Out of the shadows : retrieving the history of urban education and urban childhood in Canada / Neil Sutherland and Jean Barman -- Social stratification and nineteenth-century English urban education / William E. Marsden -- Compulsion, work and family : a case study from nineteenth-century Birmingham / Christine M. Heward.
Contents Understanding irregular school attendance : beyond the rural-urban dichotomy / Ian Davey and Kerry Wimshurst -- Redoing urban educational history / Barbara Finkelstein -- Theory in educational history : a middle ground / Carl F. Kaestle -- Approaches to urban education in the USAand the UK / David Coulby -- The uses and abuses of comparison in urban educational history / David L. Angus.
Local noteLittle-284566
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 91043863
ISBN0521410843

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks LC5136 .G7 C38 1992 ✔ Available Place Hold