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  • - Britain and Beyond, 1880-1980
    by Georgina Brewis
    £39.99

    Using a wide range of student testimony and oral history, Georgina Brewis sets in international, comparative context a one-hundred year history of student voluntarism and social action at UK colleges and universities, including such causes as relief for victims of fascism in the 1930s and international development in the 1960s.

  • - Anne George, Margaret Naumburg, Helen Parkhurst and Adelia Pyle
    by Gerald L. Gutek & Patricia A. Gutek
    £114.49

    This book traces the early history of the Montessori movement in the United States through the lives and careers of four key American women: Anne George, Margaret Naumburg, Helen Parkhurst, and Adelia Pyle.

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    £134.99

    The growth of the American high school that occurred in the twentieth century is among the most remarkable educational, social, and cultural phenomena of the twentieth century. As a corrective, this collection of essays serves four ends: as an introduction to the history of the high school;

  • - New Perspectives on the History of College Students in the United States
     
    £30.99

    This edited volume explores the history of student life throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. the history of underrepresented students, including black, Latino, and LGBTQ students; and student life at state normal schools and their successors, regional colleges and universities, and at community colleges and evangelical institutions.

  • - New Historical Perspectives
     
    £32.99

    This volume presents new perspectives on the history of higher education for women in the United States. By introducing new voices and viewpoints into the literature on the history of higher education from the early nineteenth century through the 1970s, these essays address the meaning diverse groups of women have made of their education or their exclusion from education, and delve deeply into how those experiences were shaped by concepts of race, ethnicity, religion, national origin. Nash demonstrates how an examination of the history of women's education can transform our understanding of educational institutions and processes more generally.

  • - New Historical Perspectives
     
    £124.49

    This volume presents new perspectives on the history of higher education for women in the United States. By introducing new voices and viewpoints into the literature on the history of higher education from the early nineteenth century through the 1970s, these essays address the meaning diverse groups of women have made of their education or their exclusion from education, and delve deeply into how those experiences were shaped by concepts of race, ethnicity, religion, national origin. Nash demonstrates how an examination of the history of women¿s education can transform our understanding of educational institutions and processes more generally.

  • - History, Memories and Life Stories, 1922 - 1967
    by Tom O'Donoghue & Judith Harford
    £93.99

    Adopting a life story approach, this book explores the memories of those who attended Irish secondary schools prior to 1967. It serves to initiate and enhance the practice of remembering secondary school education amongst those who attended secondary schools not just in Ireland, but around the world.

  • - Their Life in the English-Speaking World, 1891-1965
    by T. O'Donoghue
    £39.99

    O'Donoghue's book, which is written as a traditional historical narrative, while also utilizing a comparative approach, is concerned with the life of Catholic religious teaching brothers across the English-speaking world, especially for the period 1891 to 1965, which was the heyday of the religious orders.

  • - Past, Present, and Future Perspectives
     
    £39.99

    Engages a topic of pressing concern for government, business, and education leaders around the world: the race to establish 'world-class' universities. Some herald the globalization of higher education as the key to a dynamic and productive 'knowledge society.' Others worry that modern universities have come to resemble multinational corporations.

  • - Policy Implementation, Politics, and Protest, 1965-1985
    by Dionne A. Danns
    £39.99

    Highlighting the processes and missteps involved in creating and carrying out school desegregation policies in Chicago, Dionne Danns discusses the challenges of using the 1964 Civil Rights Act to implement school desegregation and the resultant limitations and effectiveness of government legislative power in bringing about social change.

  • - Past, Present, and Future Perspectives
     
    £77.99

    Engages a topic of pressing concern for government, business, and education leaders around the world: the race to establish 'world-class' universities. Some herald the globalization of higher education as the key to a dynamic and productive 'knowledge society.' Others worry that modern universities have come to resemble multinational corporations.

  • - New Perspectives on the History of College Students in the United States
     
    £134.99

    This edited volume explores the history of student life throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. the history of underrepresented students, including black, Latino, and LGBTQ students; and student life at state normal schools and their successors, regional colleges and universities, and at community colleges and evangelical institutions.

  • - Primary Schooling in Lima, 1821-c. 1921
    by G. Antonio Espinoza
    £22.49 - 77.99

    Espinoza's work illuminates how education was the site of ideological and political struggle in Peru during its early years as an independent state. Spanning 100 years and discussing both urban and rural education, it shows how school funding, curricula, and governance became part of the cultural process of state-building in Peru.

  • - The American Philosophical Society Prize of 1797
     
    £29.99

    Leading historians provide new insights into the founding generation's views on the place of public education in America. This volume explores enduring themes, such as gender, race, religion, and central vs. local control, in seven essays of the 1790s on how to implement public education in the new USA. The original essays are included as well.

  • - Emily Taylor's Activism
    by Kelly C. Sartorius
    £38.99 - 39.99

    This book explores how deans of women actively fostered feminism in the mid-twentieth century through a study of the career of Dr. Emily Taylor, the University of Kansas dean of women from 1956-1974. Sartorius links feminist activism by deans of women with labor activism, the New Left movement, and the later rise of women's studies as a discipline.

  • - Fairs, Clubs, and Talent Searches for American Youth, 1918-1958
    by Sevan G. Terzian
    £39.99

    Science fairs, clubs, and talent searches are familiar fixtures in American education, yet little is known about why they began and grew in popularity.

  • - The Legacy of Helen Heffernan and Corinne Seeds
    by Kathleen Weiler
    £39.99 - 47.99

    This book examines the struggle over public education in mid-twentieth century America through the lens of a joint biography of these two extraordinary women, Heffernan, the California Commissioner of Rural and Elementary Education between 1926 and 1965, and Seeds, the Director of the University Elementary school at UCLA between 1925 and 1957.

  • - The American Philosophical Society Prize of 1797
     
    £39.99

    Leading historians provide new insights into the founding generation's views on the place of public education in America. This volume explores enduring themes, such as gender, race, religion, and central vs. local control, in seven essays of the 1790s on how to implement public education in the new USA. The original essays are included as well.

  • - Joseph Kamiru Gikubu's Impact
    by Peter Otiato Ojiambo
    £22.49

    Gikubu's educational contributions were wide-ranging and include both practical and theoretical aspects of education through his works in various juvenile rehabilitation programs and youth clubs, as well as his insights on youth education and school leadership.

  • - Patterns of Progress and Peril
    by Hope C. Rias
    £50.49

    This book examines the history of the school desegregation movement in St. Louis, Missouri. Underlining the 2014 killing of Michael Brown as a catalyst for re-examination of school desegregation, Rias delves into the connection between contemporary school segregation and social justice, probing the ways that "soft racism"-a term the author uses to describe the non-violent, yet equally harmful, types of protests that opponents of desegregation utilized-has permeated St. Louis since the days of Brown v. Board of Education. The chapters feature the voices of those who were central to the desegregation fight in St. Louis, showing how the devastating effects of school segregation and soft racism linger today.

  • - The American Philosophical Society Prize of 1797
     
    £39.99

    Leading historians provide new insights into the founding generation's views on the place of public education in America. This volume explores enduring themes, such as gender, race, religion, and central vs. local control, in seven essays of the 1790s on how to implement public education in the new USA. The original essays are included as well.

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