American Apprenticeship and Industrial Education / Paul H. Douglas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Douglas, Paul H. (Paul Howard), 1892-1976, author.

Series:

Studies History, Economics and Public Law Series

Studies History, Economics and Public Law

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1968]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Examines the history of apprenticeship, and the movement from apprenticeship to that of industrial education as juvenile labor laws change. Looks at the training and industrial schools that have replaced the practice of apprenticeship, along with social and economic aspects related to these developments.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Part I. American Apprenticeship : Its Background, Development and Decay

1. Apprenticeship and Its Relation to Industrial Education

2. American Apprenticeship Prior to the Factory Period

3. The Decline of Apprenticeship in the Machine Era

Part II. Juvenile Labor and the Educational Requirements of Modern Industry

4. Present Conditions of Children in Industry

5. What Education is Needed for Modern Industry

6. The Problem of Vocational Education for Women

Part III. Modern Substitutes for Apprenticeship

7. Manual Training

8. Trade and Industrial Schools

9. Training of Employees by Plants

10. Evening and Correspondence Schools

11. Cooperative and Continuation Schools

12. Vocational Guidance

Part IV. Social Aspects

13. The Smith-Hughes Act and Federal Aid for Vocational Education

14. The Economic Aspects of Industrial Education

15. The Attitude of Labor and Capital Towards Industrial Education

16. A Program

Bibliographical Note

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780231877725

0231877722

OCLC:

1100453176