04963nam 22006255 450 991015531360332120200630212624.03-319-40460-110.1007/978-3-319-40460-8(CKB)4340000000018399(DE-He213)978-3-319-40460-8(MiAaPQ)EBC4748497(EXLCZ)99434000000001839920161125d2017 u| 0engurnn|008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFunding the Rise of Mass Schooling The Social, Economic and Cultural History of School Finance in Sweden, 1840 – 1900 /by Johannes Westberg1st ed. 2017.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2017.1 online resource (XVII, 242 p. 13 illus., 1 illus. in color.) 3-319-40459-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Chapter 1. A Mundane History of School Finance -- Chapter 2. The Political Will to Levy Local Taxes -- Chapter 3. Pursuing a Fair and Reasonable Economy -- Chapter 4. The In-kind Economy of Early School Districts -- Chapter 5. An Expanding Monetary Economy -- Chapter 6. School Funding and Mass Schooling -- Chapter 7. Conclusions.‘…provides a fascinating window into the meaning and importance of schools as community institutions in a transforming economy… brings a new perspective to understanding the expansion of mass schooling internationally, and helps us appreciate the creativity and calculation of ordinary families… insightful, smart, and humane. ‘ -Nancy Beadie, Historian of Education and Professor, University of Washington, USA ‘… a remarkably interesting book about the social and cultural entanglements of school finance in 19th century Sweden. Westberg presents a compelling argument for the economic basis of the rise of primary schools, restoring the complexity of educational finance as a social and cultural dimension beyond reductionist approaches. His informed, inspirational and persuasive analysis documents the efforts related to the funding of mass schooling as it emerged; one wonders how we could make comprehensive arguments about the social dynamics of mass schooling in the 19th century before this book.’ -Marcelo Caruso, Professor in History of Education, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany This book explores how the remarkable rise of mass schooling was funded during the 19th century. Based on rich source materials from rural Swedish school districts, and drawing on evidence from schooling in France, Germany, England and the U.S., Westberg examines the moral considerations that guided economic practices and sheds new light on how the advent of schooling rested not only on monies, but also grains, firewood and cow fodder, showing how schooling was neither primarily guided by frugal impulses nor motivated by a fear of the growing working classes. This book also broadens the theoretical horizon of history of education into social, agrarian and economic history in a wider context. Focussing on different systems of school finance, this work reveals a key change over time: from a largely in-kind system supporting schools in an early phase, followed by an increasingly monetarized, depersonalized and homogenized system of school finance. This will be a welcome contribution of interest to scholars in the fields of education history, sociology, and economics.Education—HistorySocial historyEducational policyEducation and stateFinance—HistoryChild developmentHistory of Educationhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/O44000Social Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/724000Educational Policy and Politicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/O19000Financial Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/617000Early Childhood Educationhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/O37000Education—History.Social history.Educational policy.Education and state.Finance—History.Child development.History of Education.Social History.Educational Policy and Politics.Financial History.Early Childhood Education.370.09Westberg Johannesauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1063162BOOK9910155313603321Funding the Rise of Mass Schooling2530794UNINA