Focusing on the reigns of Frederick the Great of Prussia (1740-86) and Maria Theresa of Austria (1740-80), James Van Horn Melton examines in this book the origins, aims, and achievements of the compulsory school movements in these states. Melton draws on a broad range of sources to show how school reform was part of a broader effort to transform social, economic, and cultural behavior at the popular level. | Absolutism And The Eighteenth-century Origins Of Compulsory Schooling In Prussia And Austria by James van Horn Melton, Paperback | Indigo Chapters