Local Studies and the History of Education

<p>Originally published in 1972, this book is concerned with education as part of a larger social history. </p><p>Chapters include:</p><ol> <p> </p> <li>The roots of Anglican supremacy in English education</li> <p> </p> <li>The Board schools of London</li> <p> </p> <li>The use of ecclesiastical records for the history of education</li> <p> </p> <li>Topographical resources: private and secondary education from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. </li> </ol> Chapter 1 The National and British School Societies in Lancashire 1803-1839: the roots of Anglican supremacy in English education, Michael Sanderson; Chapter 2 Nonconformity in the Victorian countryside, Alan Everitt; Chapter 3 E. R. Robson and the Board schools of London, Malcolm Seaborne; Chapter 4 The use of ecclesiastical records for the history of education, John Lawson; Chapter 5 Topographical resources: private and secondary education in Middlesex from the sixteenth to the twentieth century, Margaret Bryant; Chapter 6 Sources for the history of history teaching in elementary schools 1833-1914, Gordon R. Batho; Chapter 7 The contribution of local investigations to historical knowledge, Norman Morris;