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

by James Van Horn Melton

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521528569
• ISBN13: 9780521528566
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"