Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Glossary and abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Literacy and schooling, 1870–1914
- 2 Was technical education to blame?
- 3 The counterarguments
- 4 The education of the élite, 1870–1914
- 5 Missed opportunities, 1914–1944
- 6 Post-war decline – the betrayed teenager?
- 7 Higher education and the public schools – privilege and relevance
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- New Studies in Economic and Social History
- Studies in Economic and Social History
- Economic History Society
Studies in Economic and Social History
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Glossary and abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Literacy and schooling, 1870–1914
- 2 Was technical education to blame?
- 3 The counterarguments
- 4 The education of the élite, 1870–1914
- 5 Missed opportunities, 1914–1944
- 6 Post-war decline – the betrayed teenager?
- 7 Higher education and the public schools – privilege and relevance
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- New Studies in Economic and Social History
- Studies in Economic and Social History
- Economic History Society
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- Education and Economic Decline in Britain, 1870 to the 1990s , pp. 128 - 129Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1999