Education and Enmity (Routledge Revivals): The Control of Schooliing in Northern Ireland 1920-50

by Donald Harman Akenson

Book Overview

First published in 1973 Professor Akenson's book traces the series of religious and political controversies which have battered the state schools of Northern Ireland. After the government's admirably intentioned, but muddled, attempt to create a non-sectarian school system in the early 1920s, the educational system was progressively manipulated by sectarianism. The way in which the author describes how children are schooled reveals a great deal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041551990X
• ISBN13: 9780415519908
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"