Author: Richard Desmond HillPublisher:
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Category : Private schools
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
A History of St. Edward's School, 1863-1963
Author: Richard Desmond HillPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Private schools
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
The Roll of St. Edward's School, 1863-1963
Author: St. Edward's (School : Oxford, England)Publisher:
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Category : Comprehensive high schools
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
Oxford Historical Society
Author: John Edward CullenPublisher:
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Category : Oxford (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 404
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Oxford Historical Society
Author: Oxf. Hist. Soc
Author: Thomas FowlerThe Private Schooling of Girls
Author: Geoffrey WalfordPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000938522
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Hitherto only a small proportion of the research on private education has been on the schooling of girls. Debate on the subject, while often heated, even prejudiced, proceeds largely in ignorance of the historical development of private schooling, the currently changing nature of private schooling, and the wide diversity of provision of private schooling. This collection of previously unpublished essays presents important new research on the history and development of girls' private schools, their present role and the experience of privately educated girls. Taken together, the findings are both enlightening and likely to stimulate further exploration of this surprisingly under-researched area.
Public Schools and The Great War
Author: Anthony SeldonPublisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1781593086
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
In this pioneering and original book, Anthony Seldon and David Walsh study the impact that the public schools had on the conduct of the Great War, and vice versa. Drawing on fresh evidence from 200 leading public schools and other archives, they challenge the conventional wisdom that it was the public school ethos that caused needless suffering on the Western Front and elsewhere. They distinguish between the younger front-line officers with recent school experience and the older 'top brass' whose mental outlook was shaped more by military background than by memories of school.??The Authors argue that, in general, the young officers' public school education imbued them with idealism, stoicism and a sense of service. While this helped them care selflessly for the men under their command in conditions of extreme danger, it resulted in their death rate being nearly twice the national average.??This poignant and thought-provoking work covers not just those who made the final sacrifice, but also those who returned, and?whose lives were shattered as a result of their physical and psychological wounds. It contains a wealth of unpublished detail about public school life before and during the War, and how these establishments and the country at large coped with the devastating loss of so many of the brightest and best. Seldon and Walsh conclude that, 100 years on, public school values and character training, far from being concepts to be mocked, remain relevant and that the present generation would benefit from studying them and the example of their predecessors.??Those who read Public Schools and the Great War will have their prevailing assumptions about the role and image of public schools, as popularised in Blackadder, challenged and perhaps changed.
Private Education
Author: Geoffrey WalfordPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 184714408X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Private schools are central to the reproduction of social inequality. For example, whilst in the UK providing only about seven per cent of the school population, about half of the undergraduates at Oxford and Cambridge still come from the private sector. Private schools have long been associated with privilege and elitism. While this traditional elitist aspect to the private sector is still central, the private school sector is actually far more diverse that is usually acknowledged. It now includes many small schools and faith-based schools that may not offer the traditional advantages of the private sector but which provide a particular environment deemed desirable by parents. In spite of their educational and social importance, there has been very little academic research and writing on private schools. The proposed book will be the culmination of Professor Walford's research into private schools over the past twenty years.
Historical Dictionary of Ho Chi Minh City
Author: Justin CorfieldPublisher: Anthem Press
ISBN: 1783083336
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Offering a concise overview of Ho Chi Minh City’s history and development, the ‘Historical Dictionary of Ho Chi Minh City’ presents a comprehensive historical survey of the city in the form of an alphabetical list of keywords and names, with accompanying definitions. Both well-researched and authoritative, the volume draws upon a wide range of modern sources, and contains an introductory essay about the city, a chronology, a list of acronyms and abbreviations, photographs and appendixes of supplemental information.
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