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A History of Adult Education in Great Britain from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century Thomas Kelly

A History of Adult Education in Great Britain from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century By Thomas Kelly

A History of Adult Education in Great Britain from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century by Thomas Kelly


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For this third edition of Thomas Kelly's standard, comprehensive work, the author has written a substantial Prologue which reviews the many developments in the field of adult education in Great Britain which have taken place in the 1970s and 1980s. The book has extensive footnotes and a comprehensive index.

A History of Adult Education in Great Britain from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century Summary

A History of Adult Education in Great Britain from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century by Thomas Kelly

For this third edition of Thomas Kelly's standard, comprehensive work, the author has written a substantial Prologue which reviews the many developments in the field of adult education in Great Britain which have taken place in the 1970s and 1980s. A Bibliographical Note draws attention to important recent research on earlier periods. The book has extensive footnotes and a comprehensive index.

A History of Adult Education in Great Britain from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century Reviews

This book has indeed become a major classic... * International Journal of Lifelong Education *

Table of Contents

  • Foreword by Brian Simon
  • Preface
  • Preface to the second edition
  • Preface to the Third Edition
  • Prologue
  • The Middle Ages
  • 1 Education for salvation
  • The Sixteenth Century
  • 2 The Reformation and Renaissance
  • The Seventeenth Century
  • 3 The Impact of Puritanism
  • 4 The Impact of Modern Science
  • The Eighteenth Century
  • 5 The Education of the Illiterate
  • 6 Coffee-House's, Clubs and Societies
  • 7 Science for the Citizen
  • The Nineteenth Century
  • 8 The Ag eof Mechanic' Institutes
  • 9 The Radical Opposition
  • 10 Fundamental Education
  • 11 The Instruments of Adult Education
  • 12 Working Men's Colleges and Institutes
  • 13 Changing Scenes
  • 14 The Universities enter the Field
  • The Twentieth Century
  • 15 The Universities and Working-Class Organisations
  • 16 Liberal Adult Education between the Wars
  • 17 The Widening Circle
  • 18 The Auxiliaries of Adult Education
  • 19 The Second World War
  • 20 The Post-War Pattern
  • 21 The Fourfold Partnership
  • Bibliographical Note
  • Index

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GOR006355360
9780853234074
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A History of Adult Education in Great Britain from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century by Thomas Kelly
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Liverpool University Press
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