Between Vision and Impetus: The Deep Roots of Schooling, 1784-1799 -- From Educational Expansion to Educational Deadlock, 1800-1811 -- War and Schooling, 1812-1815 -- The Rise and Fall of Common Schooling in the Postwar Era, 1816-1824 -- Education and the Rise of Radical Political Thought, 1824-1826 -- Ecclesiastical Exclusivity Denounced: Religious Discourse and the Politics of Education, 1826-1828 -- Renewal or Regression? Educational Discourse in a Time of Political Discord, 1828-1830 -- Toward Mass Universal Schooling: Societal Reorganization in the Age of Movable Type, 1830-1832 -- Conclusion
Summary
A study of the popular movement and political agitation for educational reform in Upper Canada
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-235) and index