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  • Schooling and Social Change Since 1760

    Creating Inequalities through Education

    by Roy Lowe ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Education
    Schooling and Social Change in England since 1760 offers a powerful critique of the situation of British education today and shows the historical processes that have helped generate the crisis confronting policymakers and practitioners at the present time.The book identifies the key phases of economic and social change since 1760 and shows how the education system has played a central role in ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • The English School

    Its Architecture and Organization, Volume II 1870-1970

    by Malcolm Seaborne, Roy Lowe ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Britain has a rich heritage of school buildings dating from the later Middle Ages to the present day. While some of these schools have attracted the attention of architectural historians, they have not previously been considered from the educational viewpoint. Even schools of little or no architectural interest are important sociologically, since the changing architecture of schools reflects ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • The Origins of Higher Learning

    Knowledge networks and the early development of universities

    by Roy Lowe, Yoshihito Yasuhara ...
    Higher education has become a worldwide phenomenon where students now travel internationally to pursue courses and careers, not simply as a global enterprise, but as a network of worldwide interconnections. The Origins of Higher Learning: Knowledge networks and the early development of universities is an account of the first globalisation that has led us to this point, telling of how humankind ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Schooling and Social Change 1964-1990

    by Roy Lowe ...
    This is the first book to offer an overview of the ways in which the sweeping social and economic changes of the modern period have impacted on the education system. Roy Lowe draws on estensive research to paint a vivid picture of the ways in which schools and universities were moulded by external events and of the part they played in promoting modernisation of society.The book explores some key ... Read more

    $87.99 USD

  • Education and the Second World War

    Studies in Schooling and Social Change

    Edited by Roy Lowe ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Education
    This was the first book which globally surveyed the impact of the Second World War on schooling. It offers fascinating comparisons of the impact of total war, both in terms of physical disruption and its effects on the ideology of schooling. By analysing the effects on the education systems of each of the participant nations the contributors throw new light on the responses made in different parts ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • The Death of Progressive Education

    How Teachers Lost Control of the Classroom

    by Roy Lowe ...
    The first authoritative survey of the changing politics of the classroom since the Second World War. It charts the process by which society moved away from being one in which teachers decided both the content of the school curriculum and how it would be taught towards the present situation in which a host of external influences dictate the nature of the educational experience.The book identifies ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Education in the Post-War Years

    A Social History

    by Roy Lowe ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Education
    This book provides an overview of the relationship between the sweeping social changes of the post-war period and education in England. It outlines the major demographic cultural and socio-economic developments which made new demands of the education service during the twenty years following the War and analyses the responses made by schools, colleges and universities. The book provides not only ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

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    From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade

    by Susan Wise Bauer ...
    A masterful narrative of the Middle Ages, when religion became a weapon for kings all over the world.From the schism between Rome and Constantinople to the rise of the T’ang Dynasty, from the birth of Muhammad to the crowning of Charlemagne, this erudite book tells the fascinating, often violent story of kings, generals, and the peoples they ruled.In her earlier work, The History of the Ancient ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • The Myth of Meritocracy

    Why Working-Class Kids Still Get Working-Class Jobs (Provocations Series)

    by James Bloodworth ...
    The best jobs in Britain today are overwhelmingly done by the children of the wealthy. Meanwhile, it is increasingly difficult for bright but poor kids to transcend their circumstances. This state of affairs should not only worry the less well-off. It hurts the middle classes too, who are increasingly locked out of the top professions by those from affluent backgrounds.Hitherto, Labour and ... Read more

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  • Behind Closed Doors

    The Secret Life of London Private Members' Clubs

    by Seth Alexander Thévoz ...
    With a keen eye for the juicy anecdote, Thévoz tells the fascinating and entertaining story of the rise, decline and resurgence of London's private members' clubs, from the late-eighteenth century to the present day. In doing so he looks at cultural and political developments beyond the clubs, revealing how while the clubs may have been products of their city and country, they also exerted ... Read more

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  • Empires of the Silk Road

    A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present

    by Christopher I. Beckwith ...
    The first complete history of Central Eurasia from ancient times to the present day, Empires of the Silk Road represents a fundamental rethinking of the origins, history, and significance of this major world region. Christopher Beckwith describes the rise and fall of the great Central Eurasian empires, including those of the Scythians, Attila the Hun, the Turks and Tibetans, and Genghis Khan and ... Read more

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  • Transforming Cities

    New Spatial Divisions and Social Tranformation

    Edited by Nick Jewson, Susanne MacGregor ...
    This collection examines the profound transformations that have characterised cities of the advanced capitalist societies in the final decades of the 20th century. It analyses ways in which relationships of contest, conflict and cooperation are realised in and through the social and spatial forms of contemporary urban life. In particular, the essays focus on the impact of economic restructuring ... Read more

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