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

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Book Title
Absolutism and the Eighteenth-Century Origins of Compulsory Schoo
Publication Date
2003-11-13
Pages
288
ISBN
9780521528566
Subject Area
Education, History
Publication Name
Absolutism and the Eighteenth-Century Origins of Compulsory Schooling in Prussia and Austria
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Item Length
9.1 in
Subject
History, Europe / General
Publication Year
2003
Type
Textbook
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.7 in
Author
James Van Horn Melton
Item Weight
15.3 Oz
Item Width
6 in
Number of Pages
288 Pages

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521528569
ISBN-13
9780521528566
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2358340

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
288 Pages
Publication Name
Absolutism and the Eighteenth-Century Origins of Compulsory Schooling in Prussia and Austria
Language
English
Subject
History, Europe / General
Publication Year
2003
Type
Textbook
Author
James Van Horn Melton
Subject Area
Education, History
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
15.3 Oz
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
19
Reviews
"James Van Horn Melton has produced an important work on the educational policies of the absolute state and the social purposes behind them." The Eighteenth Century
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
379/.23
Table Of Content
List of tables; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Administrative divisions of the Habsburg and Hohenzolln monarchies, 1780; Part I. Cultural and Religious Forces: 1. Popular schooling in early modern Prussia and Austria; 2. The rise of Pietist pedagogy; 3. From image to word: cultural reform and the rise of literate culture in Theresian Austria; 4. The catholic appropriation of Pietist pedagogy: Johann Ignaz Felbiger; Part II. Social and Economic Forces: 5. Mastering the masterless: cameralism, rural industry, and popular education; 6. From compulsory labor to compulsory schooling: education and the crisis of seigniorial authority; Part III. The Limits of Reform: 7. School reform in Frederickian Prussia; 8. The Theresian school reform of 1774; Conclusion; Selected bibliography; Index.
Synopsis
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 in those states. It draws on a broad range of sources in showing how school reform was part of a broader campaign to strengthen relationships of authority and dependence. Local resistance as well as the contradictory aims of absolutist rule severely limited the success of school reform. But in their effort to promote literate culture on an unprecedented scale, reformers established pedagogical institutions and practices that would decisively shape public education not only in Central Europe, but throughout the West., 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 in those states., Focusing on the reigns of Frederick the Great of Prussia (1740-86) and Maria Theresa of Austria (1740-80), James Van Horn Melton examines in this book the origins, aims, and achievements of the compulsory school movements in these states. Melton draws on a broad range of sources to show how school reform was part of a broader effort to transform social, economic, and cultural behavior at the popular level.
LC Classification Number
LC135.G32 P785 1988

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