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

Clean, tight, unmarked; scratching to upper back inside corner of cover (price sticker removal?); light wear to corners; spine straight and uncreased; very minimal wear; Prentice's book is a classic in the canon of 19th century Canadian social history. Meticulously researched and elegantly written, this ground-breaking work is a must read for all students and researchers interested in understanding the iconographic figure of Egerton Ryerson and the larger economic, political, and social significance of the movements for educational change in the mid-19th century Upper Canada. A perceptive, critical assessment of the motivations and values of those who promoted state-administered schooling in the 19th century.
Very Good
Soft cover
University of Toronto Press
2004
Toronto, ON