Victorian Class Conflict? : Schoolteaching and the Parson, Priest and Minister, 1837-1902

ISBN-13: 9781845192952 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 233 str.

John T. Smith

Opis

This books shows how villages and towns in the Victorian era saw a great expansion in educational provision, and witnessed the rise of the elementary teaching profession, often provided and supported by local clergymen. It then investigates the social and economic relationships of such clergymen and teachers who worked cooperatively and, at times, in competition with one another, their relative positions typified by the comment of one contemporary clergyman as those of master and servant. The book then discusses how the inevitable result was a complex of movements in society in the final third of the 19th century that led to increasing clashes in villages, as the clergy sought to preserve its hold on its status and power, while teachers attempted to secure their new role in society. The research presented is based on previously unused, original sources church documents, HMI reports, newspapers, and journals and private papers making this book is essential reading for all those interested in Victorian Education."