Education and social change in nineteenth-century Massachusetts / Carl F. Kaestle, Maris A. Vinovskis

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 349 pages; 21cm. Notes: Bibliography: p.336-344. - Includes index. Contents: 1. Education and social change: Massachusetts as a case study; 2. Trends in school attendance in nineteenth-century Massachusetts; 3. From apron strings to ABCs: school entry in nineteenth-century Massachusetts; 4. The prospects of youth: school leaving in eight Essex County towns; 5. From one room to one system: the importance of rural-urban differences in nineteenth-century Massachusetts schooling; 6. Education and social change in two nineteenth-century Massachusetts communities; 7. Trends in educational funding and expenditures; 8. The politics of educational reform in mid-nineteenth-century Massachusetts; 9. Conclusion: the triumph of a state school system.Subjects: Education Massachusetts History.Education Massachusetts History 20th century. Education Massachusetts History. Education Massachusetts History.Education United States Massachusetts History 20th century. Education Massachusetts History 20th century. Education.Education. Massachusetts Social conditions 19th century. Massachusetts Social conditions.Massachusetts Social conditions History. Massachusetts Social conditions 19th century.Massachusetts Social conditions. Massachusetts Social conditions 19th century. Massachusetts Social conditions.Massachusetts.