Author: HOUSTON, SUSAN E.; PRENTICE, ALISON
Title: Schooling and Scholars in Nineteenth-Century Ontario (Ontario Historical Studies Series)
Description: Toronto, ON, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 1988. First Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 0802067174. 418 pages including notes and index. "Attempts to sketch the educational enterprise as it evolved during the period that ends with the Ryerson era: the formative decades of Ontario's first century...The importance of public schooling in the history of nineteenth-century Ontario society cannot be overestimated. The advent of publicly funded elementary - and later secondary - schooling has been ranked with the extension of the franchise as a milestone in the evolution of a modern democratic state." - from page ix. Some black and white illustrations. Top corner clipped from half-title page. Few markings to contents. Light to moderate wear. Tight and square. Solid copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; EDUCATION CANADA GENERAL Schooling and Scholars in Nineteenth-Century Ontario (Ontario Historical Studies Series) Education History State Social Conditions. Very Good .

Keywords: 0802067174 Nineteenth Century ( Canadian