James C. Albisetti explores the wide-ranging debate in Imperial Germany over the reform of secondary education to meet the new demands posed by unification, industrialization, and urbanization.Origina
This collection's focus is on girls' secondary education. The gendered cultural expectations of the middle classes & upper classes will provide the dominant narrative, given the relatively recent
This synthesis of the past three centuries highlights significant schools and important women educators in the emergence of secondary education for girls. Each contributor pays careful attention to th