Resumen de The Birkenhead School Board 1893-1903: Duty or devotion?
Studies of the development of the national education system in England in the nineteenth century commonly focus on the rivalries between the different religious denominations and arguments between denominationalists and secularists.' However, local studies often show that, without diminishing the role played by religious disputes, there were other factors also at play, suggesting that a more nuanced approach is needed. W. E. Marsden, in his study of School Boards in Lancashire, showed how disparities in education provision could be explained through local complexities, and concluded by asking for more local studies which would emphasize the contexts, values and compromises which influenced local decision-making.
