| Hist West Educ: Ancient World V 1 Contributor(s): Bowen, James (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415302927 ISBN-13: 9780415302920 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $396.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2003 Annotation: Routledge is once more making available James Bowen's classic "A History of Western Education, originally published by Methuen in the 1970s. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - General - History | Social History - Education | History |
| Dewey: 370 |
| Series: History of Western Education |
| Physical Information: 1.54" H x 6.4" W x 9.46" (1.74 lbs) 434 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Volume One of three, this is a reprint of James Bowen's A History of Western Education originally published by Methuen in the 1970s. Volume One covers The Ancient World: Orient and Mediterranean 2000B.C - A.D. 1054. The volume traces the development of education in the ancient world from the first scribal cultures of Mesopotamia and Egypt to learning in the early Christian church. A detailed account is given of the achievements of Greece in literacy, learning, philosophy and training for public life - achievements which were further developed in the Hellenistic Orient and incorporated by the Romans into their own highly organized educational system. This leads to the emergence of a specifically Christian ideal of education, the decline of secular learning in the West, and the preservation of learning both in Byzantium and in Western monasticism. |