Funding the Rise of Mass Schooling The Social, Economic and Cultural
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Funding the Rise of Mass Schooling
Johannes Westberg
Funding the Rise of Mass Schooling The Social, Economic and Cultural History of School Finance in Sweden, 1840 – 1900
Johannes Westberg Department of Education Uppsala University Uppsala, Sweden
ISBN 978-3-319-40459-2 ISBN 978-3-319-40460-8 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-40460-8
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PREFACE
During the past few years, I have dedicated my research primarily to the rise of mass schooling. In addition to articles that have addressed the school act of 1842, state subsidies, teachers’ allotted farms, firewood and the architecture of school buildings, my primary contribution to this research field has been a Swedish-language monograph on school buildings and the rise of mass schooling (Westberg, Att bygga ett skolväsende). The intent of that monograph was to shed new light on the pre-conditions for the rise of mass schooling by examining the school building process in chapters devoted to its rationale, organization, building sites, labour force, building materials and finance. As a result of this original approach, mass schooling was tied not only to well-known factors such as population growth, proletarization and the intervention of nation states but also to a broader socioeconomic and cultural context that includes the organization of the Swedish parishes, changes in local tax systems, the liberalization of the property market and the expansion of the construction materials market. Thus, a largely novel explanation of this development was accomplished. This book is the result of my continuing efforts to explore the history
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