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Education of the people, by the people: the elementary school in Victorian Wales

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The Welsh History Review, Volume: 32, Issue: 1, Pages: 127 - 155

Swansea University Author: Martin Johnes Orcid Logo

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Victorian elementary education in Wales has often been seen as a tool of social control and as an alien linguistic experience for children. While both these perspectives are partially correct, they simplify the diversity of education across Wales and underplay how schools were grounded in communitie...

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Published in: The Welsh History Review
ISSN: 0083-792X
Published: University of Wales Press 2024
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