Education and Economic Decline in Britain, 1870 to the 1990s

Klappentext Analysis of the role of education in Britain's relative economic decline since the 1870s. Zusammenfassung Since the 1870s the British economy has steadily declined from its position as the 'workshop of the world' to that of a low-ranking European power. Michael Sanderson offers a concise and accessible analysis of the question of how far defects in education and training have contributed to this economic decline. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Literacy and schooling; 2. Was technical education to blame?; 3. The counterarguments; 4. The education of the elite, 1870-1914; 5. 1914-44: missed opportunities; 6. Postwar decline: the betrayed teenager?; 7. Higher education and the public schools: privilege and relevance?; Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Sanderson, Michael (University of East Anglia) Sanderson
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.04.1999
• EAN: 9780521581707
• ISBN: 978-0-521-58170-7
• No. of pages: 140
• Series: New Studies in Economic and So
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories