Education and State Formation: The Rise of Education Systems in England, France and the U.S.A.

'Green's seminal book treats the relationship between education and the state...As a collective future in Europe takes shape, this timely book raises questions which Britain surely cannot afford to ignore about the aims of a public education system.' Times Educational Supplement Britain was the last major European state to create a national education system and is set to be the first to dismantle it. In this wide-ranging comparative study, Andy Green examines the reasons for the uneven development of public education in England, Prussia, France and the USA and locates the origins of England's educational peculiarities in the voluntary system of the Victorian period. Front Matter....Pages i-xii The Uneven Development of National Education Systems....Pages 1-25 The Social Origins of National Education Systems....Pages 26-75 Education and State Formation....Pages 76-110 Education and Statism in Continental Europe....Pages 111-170 The US Experience: Education, Nationhood and the Decentralized State....Pages 171-207 English Education and the Liberal State....Pages 208-307 Conclusion: The Liberal Legacy....Pages 308-316 Back Matter....Pages 317-353 The subject of this book is the formation of national education systems in 19th-century Europe and North America. It looks at why modern systems of education arose, and why they arose at different times and in different forms in various states. Andy Green. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 338-347) And Index.