Transnationalism, Gender and the History of Education

Taylor & Francis

Transnationalism, Gender and the History of EducationAuthor(s): Deirdre Raftery, Marie Clarke\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367076993, 978-0367076993\nSynopsis\nIn the past decade, historians have begun to make use of the optic of transnationalism, a perspective used traditionally by social anthropologists and sociologists in their study of the movement and flow of ideas between continents and countries. Historical scholarship has adopted this tool, and in this book historians of education use it to add nuance and depth to research on gender and education, and particularly to the education experiences of women and girls. \n\nThe book brings together a group of internationally-regarded scholars, who are doing important research on transnationalism and the social construction of gender, with particular reference to education environments such as schools and colleges. The book is therefore very much at the cutti.