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A British education control officer in occupied Germany, 1945-1949 : the letters of Edward Aitken-Davies / David Phillips.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Phillips, David, 1944 December 15- author.
Contributor:
Taylor & Francis eBooks
Series:
Routledge studies in modern European history ; 101.
Routledge studies in modern European history ; 101
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Aitken-Davies, Edward, 1899-1981--Correspondence.
Aitken-Davies, Edward.
Education and state--Germany--History--20th century.
Education and state.
Educational change--Germany--History--20th century.
Educational change.
Germany--History--1945-.
Germany.
British--Germany--Hannover (Province)--History--20th century.
British.
Educators--Great Britain--Correspondence.
Educators.
Educators--Germany--Correspondence.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (x, 156 pages) : illustrations.
Other Title:
Letters of Edward Aitken-Davies
Place of Publication:
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.
Biography/History:
David Phillips is Emeritus Professor of Comparative Education, University of Oxford, UK, and an Emeritus Fellow of St Edmund Hall, Oxford. Throughout a long career in Oxford a principal focus of his research has been the role of the British in the reconstruction of education in the British Zone of occupied Germany. His most recent book on the subject is Educating the Germans: People and Policy in the British Zone of Germany, 1945-1949 (2018).
Contents:
Introduction
Education in the British Zone of Germany, 1945-1949
Edward Aitken-Davies, 1899-1981
Edward Aitken-Davies's letters to his mother, May 1945-December 1947
Postscript, 1948-1949 and after
Appendices A. EAD : lecture on his work in Germany, 1945-1949
B. EAD : outline of the views of the German political parties on the subject of educational reform (July 1948)
C. EAD : thoughts on the British Relations Board scheme.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 07, 2023).
Other Format:
Print version: Phillips, David, 1944 December 15- British education control officer in occupied Germany, 1945-1949
ISBN:
9781003268451
1003268455
9781000970272
1000970272
9781000970258
1000970256
Publisher Number:
99995990168
Access Restriction:
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