Houston, Susan E.,  1937- <br/><br/>
Schooling and scholars in nineteenth-century Ontario :  a project of the Ontario Historical Studies Series for the Government of Ontario / 
Susan E. Houston and Alison Prentice. 
 - Toronto [Ont. ;  Buffalo [N.Y. :  University of Toronto Press,  (c)1988. 
 - 1 online resource (xiv, 418 pages) :  illustrations, maps, facsimiles, portraits 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>""Contents""; ""Picture Credits""; ""The Ontario Historical Studies Series""; ""Preface""; ""Part One: Interpreting Pioneer Schooling""; ""1 Family and State in Upper Canadian Education""; ""2 Creating Schools and Scholars""; ""3 Schoolmistresses and Schoolmasters""; ""Part Two: Mid-Nineteenth-Century School Reform""; ""4 Towards a Government School System""; ""5 The Battle for Control over Public Schools""; ""6 Forging a Public School Teaching Force""; ""Part Three: Behind the Schoolroom Door""; ""7 Going to School""; ""8 What One Might Teach and Another Learn""; ""9 Exceptions to the Rule"" ""10 'I Wish I Were Not Here at the Present Juncture'""""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""J""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y"" 
<br/><br/> Houston and Prentice tell the story of how Ontario came to have a universal school system of exceptional quality and shed valuable light on an area of current concern. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781442679627 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Education--History.--Canada<br/>Education and state--History.--Ontario<br/>Education--History.--Ontario
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Canada  Education, history 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LA411  / .S366 1988