Making a Man of Him - Parents and Their Sons'' Education At an English Public School 1929-50

List of contents

1. Bringing Up Sons in a Changing World 2. Educating Sons at Ellesmere College 3. The Mainstay of the School 4. The Poor Church Mice 5. The Widow’s Mite 6. Professional Fathers and Sons 7. Being a Farmer’s Boy 8. Scholarship Boys 9. The School as Father and Mother 10. Conclusions

About the author

Christine Heward

Summary

Originally published in 1988, this book analyses the effect of public boarding school - it places the particular concerns of a relatively small group within the much wider contexts of education, social and gender structure.

Product details

• Authors: Christine Heward, Heward Christine
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138040809
• ISBN: 978-1-138-04080-9
• No. of pages: 254
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education and Gender; Routledge Library Editions: Education and Gender
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; European History, 20th Century, EDUCATION / History, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, History of Education, Independent schools, private education, EDUCATION / Schools / Types / Private