Alan Penn

Targeting Schools

Drill, Militarism and Imperialism

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Militarism was inseparable from imperialism in Britain, as in other imperialist nations, and its proponents saw schools as ideal means by which to give the nation's youth an early introduction to military drill. This book traces the history of military drill for pupils in elementary schools from 1870-1914.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. März 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 505g
• ISBN-13: 9780713002171
• ISBN-10: 0713002174
• Artikelnr.: 31801608

Autorenporträt

Alan Penn

Inhaltsangabe

History of Education, Vol 29, No 2, March 2000 "Penn"s major contribution
in this book is his detailed examination of the political processes
surrounding the militarist campaign that "targeted schools" ... One of the
significant contributions Penn makes is to our understanding of the
persistence of militarism as an ideology underpinning the practices of
physical education in British schools." Albion "addresses an important and
hitherto neglected area of education history with skill and insight"
History of Education "an engaging story of conflicting ideologies, shifting
alliances and contestation of the form and substance of aspects of school
practice.. Provides a clear illustration of the ways in which school
practices are embedded in broader public discourses and so of the
complexity of the relationship between school and society.