Jewish Activism in Imperial Germany: The Struggle for Civil Equality (Yale Historical Publications , Miscellany)

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The Politics of Education: Teachers and School Reform in Weimar Germany (Monographs in German History)

("This monograph has first-class credentials . . . it is a...)

"This monograph has first-class credentials . . . it is an excellent book for the specialist in search of a wealth of source material . . . which is virtually inaccessible outside specialist libraries." · German History "This . . . forcefully argued book . . . furthers our understanding of the history of educational politics in the Weimar Repulic in a number of important ways." · American Historical Review "The strengths of this fine carefully researched and written book are many . . . It should prompt international comparisons of progressive education and contribute to thinking about the contested role of public education in democratic, diverse societies." · History of Education Quarterly ". . . an important and highly accessible contribution to the history of education in Germany and to the study of political culture, as well as grass-roots politics, in Weimar Germany. It is the only monograph on the topic in English and a must for research libraries." · History: Reviews of New Books Although the early history of progressive education is often associated with John Dewey in America, the author argues convincingly that the pedagogues in the elementary schools in the big cities of Imperial Germany were in the avant garde of this movement on the European Continent. Far more than a history of ideas, this study provides the first comprehensive analysis of the culture wars over the schools in Germany in the 1920s. Going up to the Nazi seizure of power, the author's narrative sheds new light on the courageous defense of the republican state by the progressive educators in the 1930s and the relationship between the traditionalists' opposition to school reform and the attraction of certain sections of the teaching profession to the Nazi movement. Marjorie Lamberti is Charles A. Dana Professor of History at Middlebury College. Her publications include State, Society, and the Elementary School in Imperial Germany.

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State, Society, and the Elementary School in Imperial Germany

(The much admired school system of 19th-century Germany se...)

The much admired school system of 19th-century Germany served as a model for the educational systems of many other countries, including Britain and the United States. In this illuminating study of German primary schools, Lamberti examines an educational tradition that was the object of wide emulation, but which was often misinterpreted by its admirers. Lamberti also explores the political significance of German educational policies in the Kulturkampf, in the suppression of Polish nationalism in the eastern provinces, and more generally in the struggle between the competing strands of liberalism and authoritarianism in the German state.

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The Politics of Education: Teachers and School Reform in Weimar Germany (Monographs in German History)

(Lamberti (history, Middlebury College) examines the cultu...)

Lamberti (history, Middlebury College) examines the culture wars that took place in 1920s and 1930s Germany over issues in education. She describes how innovative educators attempted to reform the stratified educational system to foster democracy and social justice. She also shows the relationship b

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