Education & the Industrial Revolution, 2nd Edition

ISBN-13: 9780865973107 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 350 str.

Edwin G West

Opis

In this work, E.G. West writes about an educational revolution during the Industrial Revolution. The text adds historical context to West's Education and the State. Taken together, the two books make a strong case not only for the separation of state and education, but also the robustness of the market in providing educational services, even in such a difficult period as the Industrial Revolution. West unearthed a large and growing market for education going hand-in-hand with the rise of industrialism and occurring prior to government intervention. His views were not very palatable to the educational establishment because they contradicted the long-held view that the Industrial Revolution was a disaster and that only government intervention and compulsion brought the joys of education to people.