Education and social change: Contours in the history of American schooling

This study reconsiders humanitarianism as the sole explanation for the surge in charitable theorizing and experimentation in 18th-century London. Focusing on the city's destitution and social experimentation, the book examines the political and benevolent motives behind the expansion of public, nondenominational institutions. These organizations aimed not only to relieve hardship but also to benefit the nation, being funded and managed by public figures.