The English higher grade schools formed a key part of an expanding 19th-century education system, but they threatened the vested interests of a powerful Establishment bent on reaffirming the status quo. The author analyzes the 1902 Education Act as a retrogressive move by which much was lost.
- ISBN10 0713002204
- ISBN13 9780713002201
- Publish Date 28 February 2000 (first published 1 November 1999)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Imprint Routledge Falmer
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 272
- Language English