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Teaching britain : elementary teachers and the state of the everyday, 1846-1906 / Christopher Bischof.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bischof, Christopher, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Elementary school teachers--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Elementary school teachers.
- Elementary school teaching--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Elementary school teaching.
- Great Britain--Social conditions--19th century.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (240 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford University Press 2019
- Summary:
- Teachers in nineteenth century Britain claimed intimate knowledge of everyday life among the poor and working class at home, and non-white subjects abroad. This knowledge enabled them to help to enact new models of professionalism, attitudes towards poverty and social mobility, ways of thinking about race and empire, and roles for the state.
- Contents:
- Halftitle page List of Illustrations Introduction I: Becoming Teachers II: Out in the World
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-256984-8
- 0-19-187187-7
- 0-19-256983-X
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