Globalization and the Rise of Mass Education

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Mitch, David (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Cappelli, Gabriele (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Economic History,
• Subjects: Economic history.; Education-History.; Education-Economic aspects.; Development economics.; Public finance.; Economic History.; History of Education.; Education Economics.; Development Economics.; Public Economics.

This edited collection explores the historical determinants of the rise of mass schooling and human capital accumulation based on a global, long-run perspective, focusing on a variety of countries in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and the Americas. The authors analyze the increasing importanc...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction; Gabriele Capelli, David Mitch
• Part I: Global religious activity and schooling.-Chapter 2: Religion, colonialism and missions in Africa; Felix Meier zu Selhausen
• Chapter 3: The long legacy of missions in Latin America; Felipe Valencia
• Part II: Colonial legacies, local elites and schooling
• Chapter 4: Universal public schooling in colonial Korea and Taiwan; Sun Go
• Chapter 5: Racial exclusion and school development in Colombia; Irina Rosa España Eljaiek
• Part III: Global migrations and human capital accumulation
• Chapter 6: Brain drain, and brain gain in the age of mass migration: Italy and Ireland; Cormac Ó Gráda and Matteo Gomellini
• Chapter 7: Emigration and the development of schooling in Sweden; Johannes Westberg
• Chapter 8: German migration to Brazil and human capital accumulation; Bruno Witzel
• Part IV: Global forces and institutions in the era of mass education
• Chapter 9: Education in the U.S. as nationalist policy in a competitive global economy, 1876 - 1907; Nancy Beadie
• Chapter 10: Western-style education and schooling in China, 20th century; Pei Gao
• Chapter 11: Schooling and human capital in Iran; David Mitch.