Books by Harold Silver

Explores the nature of the social history of education. This book examines what aspects of the history of education have been neglected and why.

Traces the dynamic of ideological and social change from the 1790s to the 1830s in terms of attitudes to education and analyzes the range of contemporary opinions on popular education.

An exploration of the changing patterns of higher education in England in the 20th century, the types of institutions and the emergence of a "system" of education. The book traces the relationship between the writer-advocates of higher education and the changing world of higher education.