Education and the state in modern Peru : primary schooling in Lima, 1821-c. 1921 / G. Antonio Espinoza.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Espinoza, G. Antonio, 1970- author.

Series:

Historical studies in education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Primary--Peru--Lima--History.

Education, Primary.

Education and state--Peru.

Education and state.

History.

Peru.

Peru--Lima.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 283 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Summary:

Education and the State in Modern Peru illuminates how education was the site of ideological and political struggle in Peru during its early years as an independent state. Spanning one hundred years and discussing both urban and rural education, it shows how school funding, curricula, and governance became part of the cultural process of state-building in Peru. Drawing on detailed historical research and data, G. Antonio Espinoza analyzes the factors that affected the development of primary schooling in the capital city of Lima and the surrounding provinces between 1821 and 1921. He focuses not only on state intervention, but also on key societal elements that affected the development of education during this century, including social demand for education, prevailing educational ideas, cultural change, and patronage. Book jacket.

Contents:

Schooling patterns

From republicanism to popular instruction to nationalism: official educational ideas and goals in Peru, 1821-1905

Teachers, local communities, and national government

Inside primary schools: curricula and methods in the Lima region, 1821-1905

The realities of the estado docente: educational centralization from 1905 to c. 1921.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137338402

1137338407

OCLC:

850909489