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

Klappentext A study of precocious attempts at school reform in societies that were overwhelmingly 'premodern'. Zusammenfassung Focusing on the reigns of Frederick the Great of Prussia (1740–86) and Maria Theresa of Austria (1740–80), this 1988 book examines the origins, aims, and achievements of the compulsory school movements in those states. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of tables; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Administrative divisions of the Habsburg and Hohenzolln monarchies, 1780; Part I. Cultural and Religious Forces: 1. Popular schooling in early modern Prussia and Austria; 2. The rise of Pietist pedagogy; 3. From image to word: cultural reform and the rise of literate culture in Theresian Austria; 4. The catholic appropriation of Pietist pedagogy: Johann Ignaz Felbiger; Part II. Social and Economic Forces: 5. Mastering the masterless: cameralism, rural industry, and popular education; 6. From compulsory labor to compulsory schooling: education and the crisis of seigniorial authority; Part III. The Limits of Reform: 7. School reform in Frederickian Prussia; 8. The Theresian school reform of 1774; Conclusion; Selected bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: James Van Horn Melton, Professor James Van Horn Melton
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.11.2003
• EAN: 9780521528566
• ISBN: 978-0-521-52856-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; austria, EDUCATION / General, HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, Germany, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Europe / Austria & Hungary, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Social and cultural history, C 1700 To C 1800