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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791292203321

Autore

Laird Susan

Titolo

Mary Wollstonecraft : philosophical mother of coeducation / / Susan Laird

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Continuum International Pub. Group, , 2008

ISBN

1-4411-5985-1

1-4725-4145-6

1-4725-0486-0

1-4411-4353-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (267 p.)

Collana

Continuum library of educational thought ; ; v. 15

Disciplina

371.822

Soggetti

Authors, English - 18th century

Coeducation - Great Britain - History

Educators - Great Britain

Feminists - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [222]-234) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intellectual biography -- Critical exposition of the thinker's work -- The reception and influence of the work -- The relevance of the work today -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

"Mary Wollstonecraft is indisputably a major thinker in education. Susan Laird's volume offers the most coherent account of Wollstonecraft's educational thought. This work is divided into: 1. Intellectual biography 2. Critical exposition of Wollstonecraft's work 3. The reception and influence of Wollstonecraft's work 4. The relevance of the work today."--Bloomsbury Publishing.