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"This book is an elaboration of a syllabus for a course in the history of education published in 1919 by Teachers College, Columbia University, entitled Democracy and nationalism in education."--Pref. ; France: -- The social factors that have conditioned western education since the French Revolution -- The French Revolution : its educational promise and achievement -- Napoleon and the imperial French university -- The Restoration monarchy and educational conservatism -- The upper-middle-class monarchy and the establishment of a state system of primary schools -- The second republic and the second empire and the revival of church influence in education -- The third republic and further developments of national education -- Prussia: -- The regeneration of Prussia and the organization of an efficient national system of education -- Midcentury political developments and their effects on public education -- Prussia and the German empire -- England: -- The old order and the industrial revolution -- Benevolent aristocracy and early state intervention in education -- Political democracy and the achievement of a national system of education -- The new liberalism and the Fisher Act -- The United States: -- The new federal state and the passing of an old political order -- Sectionalism and democracy -- Material growth and cultural unification -- The development of a national consciousness in education. ; Mode of access: Internet.