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Trohler, Daniel, Ed.; Popkewitz, Thomas S., Ed.; Labaree, David F., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
This book is a comparative history that explores the social, cultural, and political formation of the modern nation through the construction of public schooling. It asks how modern school systems arose in a variety of different republics and non-republics across four continents during the period from the late eighteenth century to the early…
Descriptors: Public Education, Educational History, Comparative Education, Modern History
Moreo, Dominic W. – 1996
This book examines the state of schools and the thinking of educators during the years from 1929 until the entry of the United States into World War II. These years were marked by social dislocation and suffering, yet research shows neither public school bureaucracies nor the leading educators of the day advocated any new advances in education…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational History, Educational Practices
Kwong, Julia – 1988
This book explores the early years of the Cultural Revolution in China's schools, from the mobilization stage through the development of factionalism and the takeover of education by workers and peasants. An analysis of the relations between educational organizations and the larger society that made these developments possible is explored.…
Descriptors: Change, Chinese Culture, Cultural Influences, Culture