The Old Boys The Decline and Rise of the Public School David Turner
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- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication date:
- 01 Mar 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780300219388
- Imprint:
- Yale University Press
- Dimensions:
- 352 pages: 197 x 127mm
- Illustrations:
- 32 b-w illus.
- Sales territories:
- World
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‘Turner tells an engrossing and well-researched story of how these schools rose from their beginnings in the 14th century, declined (twice) and rose (twice) again.’—Peter Wilby, the New Statesman.
‘David Turner’s brisk and balanced history of public schools is about change, controversies and paradoxes.’—Lawrence James, the Times.
‘Turner strikes a good balance between the fun of school life in these places, and (at their best) their high academic standards.’—A.N. Wilson, the Sunday Times.
‘Turner combines a good eye for an anecdote with the impressive knowledge of facts and figures that you might expect of a former education correspondent of the Financial Times.’—Eric Anderson, the Spectator.
“… well-researched [and] pleasingly written … The long-run story that Turner tells is a fascinating one and, I suspect, surprisingly little known.”—David Kynaston, The Observer.
‘David Turner has written a fascinating and insightful account of how these schools came about, their surprisingly precarious low points and their dominant status today.’—Robert Uloth, Country Life.
‘We have waited a long time for an excellent book on public schools. The wait is over.’ - Sir Anthony Seldon, Master, Wellington College
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