The School Promoters: Education and Social Class in Mid-Nineteenth Century Upper Canada (Canadian Social History Series)

"We tend to think of contemporary concern for reform in education as unprecedented in its intensity and scope. But as this book about mid-nineteenth century educational ideology shows, the urge to improve society through its schools has been with us a long time. The author examines the attitudes that shaped the Ontario public school system during its formative years, when Upper Canadians first explored and the provincial government finally adopted the principle of compulsory mass schooling under the auspices and control of the state."--Amazon.ca Contents The Canadian Social History Series Acknowledgements Notes on Sources Abbreviations Introduction: The Public School Movement in Upper Canada and Ontario 1 Human and Child Nature: The Search for Perfection 2 Upper Canada at Mid-Century: The Necessity of Progress 3 Education and the Creation of a Respectable Class 4 Occupations in Transition: The Danger of Downward Mobility 5 The Integration and Invigoration of the Labouring Classes and the Poor 6 Class and the Schools 7 Nature, Order and National Education: The Government as Parent Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y