Gender and the private/public debate on education in the long eighteenth century

Public or Private Education?: Lessons from History

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 2-24

  Cohen, Michèle ^a,b  

^a The American International University in London   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203498149     Document Type: Chapter

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