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Peer reviewedSmith, Steven R. – History of Education Quarterly, 1981
Uses examples from seventeenth century English literature to illustrate the ideal master-apprentice relationship and discusses the factors which made the real relationships different. London apprentices were usually literate and they had their own thriving subculture. Literacy weakened the master's traditional authority, and the subculture…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Assertiveness, Comparative Education, Educational History
