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  • Understanding literacy in its historical contexts : socio-cultural history and the legacy of Egil Johansson

    Under nära 30 år har den svenske pastorn och socialhistorikern Egil Johanssons forskningsinsats förbluffat den internationella akademiska världen. Johansson, som tidigt kom att intressera sig för kyrkoförsamlingarnas arkiv i norra Sverige, och särskilt för kyrkornas undervisningsregister, upptäckte dessa dokuments unika potential för att få en inblick i läs- och skrivkunnighetens historia i ... Read more

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  • The Commonplace Book of William Byrd II of Westover

    Series series Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press
    William Byrd II (1674–1744) was an important figure in the history of colonial Virginia: a founder of Richmond, an active participant in Virginia politics, and the proprietor of one of the colony’s greatest plantations. But Byrd is best known today for his diaries. Considered essential documents of private life in colonial America, they offer readers an unparalleled glimpse into the world of a ... Read more

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    Series series Routledge Studies in Education and Society in Asia
    The post-Mao period has witnessed rapid social and economic transformation in all walks of Chinese life – much of it fuelled by, or reflected in, changes to the country’s education system. This book analyses the development of that system since the abandonment of radical Maoism and the inauguration of ‘Reform and Opening’ in the late 1970s.The principal focus is on formal education in schools and ... Read more

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    The real story of the ordeal experienced by both settlers and Indians during the Europeans' great migration west across America, from the colonies to California, has been almost completely eliminated from the histories we now read. In truth, it was a horrifying and appalling experience. Nothing like it had ever happened anywhere else in the world.In The Wild Frontier, William M. Osborn discusses ... Read more

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    What is globalisation?How are its effects felt by different people across the world?How can we help young people flourish in a world characterised by globalisation?Conflict, poverty, breaches of human rights, and environmental sustainability are everyday issues for global citizens today, old and young. Global Learning and Education presents a detailed and challenging introduction to a central ... Read more

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