Download or read book State, Society, and the Elementary School in Imperial Germany written by Marjorie Lamberti and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1989-10-05 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The much admired school system of 19th-century Germany served as a model for the educational systems of many other countries, including Britain and the United States. In this illuminating study of German primary schools, Lamberti examines an educational tradition that was the object of wide emulation, but which was often misinterpreted by its admirers. Lamberti also explores the political significance of German educational policies in the Kulturkampf, in the suppression of Polish nationalism in the eastern provinces, and more generally in the struggle between the competing strands of liberalism and authoritarianism in the German state.