Absolutism and the Eighteenth-Century Origins of Compulsory Schooling in Prussia and Austria

by James Van Horn Melton

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Compulsory schooling is widely held to be a creation of modern industrial society. Yet already in the eighteenth century, Prussian and Austrian rulers attempted to introduce universal education in societies that were overwhelmingly rural and 'premodern'. Focusing on the reigns of Frederick the Great of Prussia (1740-86) and Maria Theresa of Austria (1740-80), this 1988 book examines the origins, aims, and achievements of the compulsory school movements...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0521346681

ISBN13:9780521346689

Release Date:September 1988

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:288 Pages

Weight:1.31 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Education Education & Reference History Modern (16th-21st Centuries)

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