Education for All? Martin Hardback Cambridge University Press 9781009419659

Name: Education for All? Martin Hardback Cambridge University Press 9781009419659
Brand: Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press

Education for All?Literature, Culture and Education Development in Britain and Denmark\nAuthor(s): Cathie Jo Martin\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781009419659, 978-1009419659\nSynopsis\nWhy did Denmark develop mass education for all in 1814, while Britain created a public-school system only in 1870 that primarily educated academic achievers? Cathie Jo Martin argues that fiction writers and their literary narratives inspired education campaigns throughout the nineteenth-century. Danish writers imagined mass schools as the foundation for a great society and economic growth. Their depictions fortified the mandate to educate all people and showed neglecting low-skill youth would waste societal resources and threaten the social fabric. Conversely, British authors pictured mass education as harming social stability, lower-class work, and national culture. Their stories of youths who overcame structur.