Elementary Schooling and the Working Classes, 1860-1918

Download or read book Elementary Schooling and the Working Classes, 1860-1918 written by J. S. Hurt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-11-18 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study, first published in 1979, analyses the attitude of various income and occupational groups to elementary schools both before and after the introduction of compulsory school attendance. It also discusses the efforts made by voluntary organisations to provide school meals, as well as examining the quality of the meals themselves, before the enactment of remedial legislation in the early twentieth century. This title will be of interest to students of history and education.