Absolutism and the Eighteenth-Century Origins of Compulsory Schooling in Prussia and Austria. Van Horn Melton, J. Cambridge, 1988.
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Focusing on the reigns of Frederick the Great of Prussia (1740-86) and Maria Theresa of Austria (1740-80), James Van Horn Melton examines in this book the origins, aims, and achievements of the compulsory school movements in these states. Melton draws on a broad range of sources to show how school reform was part of a broader effort to transform social, economic, and cultural behavior at the popular level.
@book{van_horn_melton_absolutism_1988,
	address = {Cambridge},
	title = {Absolutism and the {Eighteenth}-{Century} {Origins} of {Compulsory} {Schooling} in {Prussia} and {Austria}},
	abstract = {Focusing on the reigns of Frederick the Great of Prussia (1740-86) and Maria Theresa of Austria (1740-80), James Van Horn Melton examines in this book the origins, aims, and achievements of the compulsory school movements in these states. Melton draws on a broad range of sources to show how school reform was part of a broader effort to transform social, economic, and cultural behavior at the popular level.},
	author = {Van Horn Melton, James},
	year = {1988},
	keywords = {Preußen / Schulpflicht / Geschichte 1700-1800, Preußen / Schulpflicht / Geschichte 1720-1780, Preußen / Schulpflicht / Geschichte 1740-1786, Preußen / Schulpflicht / Österreich / Geschichte 1740-1786, Österreich / Schulpflicht / Geschichte 1720-1780, Österreich / Schulpflicht / Geschichte 1740-1780},
}

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