Unequal Educational Provision in England and Wales: The Nineteenth-century Roots

BOOK COVER......Page 1
HALF-TITLE......Page 2
TITLE......Page 3
COPYRIGHT......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 5
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 12
PREFACE......Page 15
INTRODUCTION......Page 18
URBAN HISTORY......Page 19
HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY......Page 22
URBAN SOCIOLOGY: AN ECOLOGICAL APPROACH......Page 26
APPLICATION TO EDUCATIONAL HISTORY......Page 30
REFERENCES AND NOTES......Page 34
CHAPTER TWO Diffusion and Regional Disparity in Educational Provision in England and Wales 1800–1870......Page 41
THE DIFFUSION OF SCHOOLS ON THE ‘NEW PLAN’......Page 43
THE BRITISH SOCIETY......Page 45
THE NATIONAL SOCIETY......Page 51
REGIONAL VARIATIONS IN CRIME AND EDUCATION......Page 56
‘LEADING’ AND ‘LAGGING’ REGIONS: THE NORTHERN COUNTIES AND MONMOUTHSHIRE......Page 61
CONCLUSION......Page 70
REFERENCES AND NOTES......Page 72
DEMOGRAPHY......Page 77
URBAN STRUCTURE......Page 81
SOCIAL STRATIFICATION......Page 85
RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION......Page 89
URBAN-TYPE ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOUR......Page 91
CONCLUSION......Page 103
REFERENCES AND NOTES......Page 104
CHAPTER FOUR A Graduated System of Urban Schooling......Page 111
CONCLUSION......Page 129
REFERENCES AND NOTES......Page 130
CHAPTER FIVE Schools for the Urban Middle Classes......Page 132
CHOOSING SCHOOLS......Page 137
JOURNEYS TO SCHOOL......Page 146
CONCLUSION......Page 158
REFERENCES AND NOTES......Page 159
CHAPTER SIX Variations in Local Decision-Making: Comparative Studies of Lancashire Town and Country during the School Board Period......Page 162
CONCLUSION......Page 179
REFERENCES AND NOTES......Page 180
CHAPTER SEVEN Charles Booth’s Surveys and Educational Disparities in Slum and Suburban London......Page 184
VARIATIONS AT THE METROPOLITAN LEVEL......Page 185
VARIATIONS IN LONDON SLUMS AND SUBURBS......Page 190
CONCLUSION......Page 197
REFERENCES AND NOTES......Page 198
POPULATION AND URBAN GROWTH......Page 200
SCHOOL SUPPLY: THE BOOTLE SCHOOL BOARD AND WHITEHALL......Page 203
THE BOOTLE SCHOOL BOARD......Page 208
CATCHMENT AREAS AND SCHOOL STATUS......Page 212
SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT......Page 215
REFERENCES AND FOOTNOTES......Page 217
CHAPTER NINE ‘Troublesome Thoroughfares’: Schooling and Communities in Bootle’s Dockland......Page 219
THE DEMOGRAPHY OF THE SLUM......Page 221
HOUSING......Page 227
HEALTH......Page 230
STREET LIFE......Page 232
THE PROVISION OF SCHOOLING......Page 235
THE PRIVATE ADVENTURE SCHOOLS......Page 236
THE PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SECTOR......Page 238
THE SCHOOLS AS SOCIAL WELFARE AGENCIES......Page 241
THE PROBLEMS OF ATTENDANCE......Page 243
REFERENCES AND FOOTNOTES......Page 251
CHAPTER TEN ‘Two Sides of the Railway Tracks’: Schooling and Communities in a Victorian Suburb: Birkdale......Page 254
THE PRIVATE SECTOR......Page 262
THE PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SECTOR......Page 275
THE BIRKDALE SCHOOL BOARD......Page 278
CONCLUSION......Page 283
REFERENCES AND FOOTNOTES......Page 286
Index......Page 289