Education myth, the: how human capital trumped social democracy
Auteur :
Shelton, Jon
Éditeur :
Cornell University Press
ISBN :
9781501768149
Date de publication :
15 mars 2023
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
454 g
Format :
Paper over boards
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
The Education Myth questions the idea that education represents the best, if not the only, way for Americans to access economic opportunity. As Jon Shelton shows, linking education to economic well-being was not politically inevitable. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, for instance, public education was championed as a way to help citizens learn how to participate in a democracy.