The Ragged School Movement and the education of the poor in the nineteenth century

This study attempts to construct a picture of the emergence and growth of the ragged schools in England during the nineteenth century. It assesses the influence on these schools of the work of John Pounds and Sheriff Watson but finds their origin in the Sunday School Movement. The history of the Rag...

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Main Author: Webster, Derek Herbert
Other Authors: Seaborne, Malcolm ; Jones, Donald
Published: University of Leicester 1971
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.534311