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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Pages in great condition. No notes or highlighting. Dustcover has some wear. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> The first volume of The English School covering the period 1370- 1870 received wide acclaim as a major contribution to architectural history and to the study of the development of educational ideas and practice. The Times Educational Supplement commented: “This hand- some volume breaks new ground… admiration and gratitude [are] due to Mr Seaborne for this valuable piece of pioneering research and to his publishers who have produced it in so fair a setting.’ Britain has a rich heritage of school buildings dating from the later Middle Ages to the present day. While some of these schools have attracted the attention of architec- tural historians they have not previously been considered from the educational viewpoint. Even schools of little or no architectural interest are important sociologi- cally since the changing architec- ture of schools reflects changing ideas about how children should be educated and organized for teaching purposes. In this second volume Malcolm Seaborne and Roy Lowe carry the historical record into our own time. Like its predecessor the volume studies the development of school architecture and its influence on the organization of the school and relates architectural questions to the educational and social forces which influence the design of schools. The authors have chosen representative examples which illus trate the main trends in the development of school design and construction. (MP)