1. University Reform and National Culture: The Origins of Oxford University Extension -- 2. Religion, Philosophy, and Workers' Education: Arthur Acland, Arnold Toynbee, and T.H. Green -- 3. Extending Oxford: University Extension in the Late-Victorian and Edwardian Age -- 4. Dons and Workers 1900-1914 -- 5. The Debate on Working-Class Education -- 6. Adult Education in War and Peace, 1914-1945 -- 7. The End of the Tradition: Oxford and Adult Education since 1945 -- 8. Oxford and Working-Class Education: An Assessment -- Appendix: Records of Extramural Education in the University of Oxford
Summary
This history of adult education in England considers its role in the evolution from late-Victorian liberalism to 20th-century socialism. Emphasis is placed on the University of Oxford, whose leading contribution to this movement presents a revealing portrait of its influence on the nation
Analysis
Working classes Adult education
Oxford (England)
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-350) and index
Notes
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