John L. Rury is professor of Education and (by courtesy) History and African & African American Studies at the University of Kansas. He has served as president of the History of Education Society, USA, and as a vice president of the American Educational Research Association. He is an author or editor of nine books on the history of American education.
Eileen H. Tamura is professor emeritus at the College of Education, University of Hawai 'i. Before her retirement, she served as chair of the Department of Educational Foundations. She served as president of the History of Education Society (USA). She is the author, coauthor, or editor of seven history books.

Acknowledgments
Contributors
Introduction
John L. Rury and Eileen H. Tamura
Part I. INTERPRETIVE FRAMES IN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY
1. Consensus and Revisionism in Educational History
Gary McCulloch
2. The Urban History of Education
Ansley T. Erickson
3. Method in the History of Education
William Richardson
4. Theory in the History of Education
Isaac Gottesman
Part II. PRE-MODERN ROOTS
5. Education in Greek and Roman Antiquity
Mark Joyal
6. Education in Medieval Europe
Spencer E. Young
7. Education in Pre-Modern China and Japan
Conrad Schirokauer
8. Pre-Colonial Indigenous Education in the Western Hemisphere and Pacific
Adrea Lawrence
Part III. THE RISE OF NATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEMS
9. National Education Systems: Europe
James C. Albisetti
10. National Education Systems: North America
Nancy Beadie
11. National Education Systems: Australia and New Zealand
Craig Campbell and Maxine Stephenson
12. National Education Systems: Latin America
G. Antonio Espinoza
13. National Education Systems: Asia
Elizabeth VanderVen
14. National Education Systems: Africa
Peter Kallaway
15. National Education Systems: Middle East
Heidi Morrison
Part IV. THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN HIGHER EDUCATION
16. Higher Education in Modern Europe
Vincent Carpentier
17. The German University and Its Influence
Charles E. McClelland
18. Higher Education in Canada and the United States
Philo Hutcheson
19. Higher Education in Asia
Anthony Welch
20. The Professions and Professional Education
Richard K. Neumann Jr.
Part V. INEQUALITY AND DISCRIMINATION
21. Inequality in Education
Judith Kafka
22. Gendering the History of Education
Lucy E. Bailey and Karen Graves
23. Education and Migration in History
Paul J. Ramsey
24. Race and Ethnicity in Education History
Yoon K. Pak
25. Education and the African Diaspora
Christopher M. Span and Brenda N. Sanya
26. Colonial Education and Anti-Colonial Struggles
Ana Isabel Madeira and Luís Grosso Correia
Part VI. EDUCATIONAL REFORM AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE
27. Conflicting Constructions of Childhood and Children in Education History
Barbara Beatty
28. Religion and the History of Education
James W. Fraser and Diane L. Moore
29. Progressive Education
William J. Reese
30. The History of School Teachers and Administrators
Kate Rousmaniere
31. Transitions from Rural to Urban Schooling
David A. Gamson
32. The Modern History of Literacy
David Vincent
33. Curriculum History
Daniel Tröhler
34. The History of Non-formal and Informal Education
Andrew Grunzke
35. The History of Technology and Education
Sevan Terzian
36. The History of Transnational and Comparative Education
Marcelo Caruso
Index

This handbook offers a global view of the historical development of educational institutions, systems of schooling, ideas about education, and educational experiences. Its 36 chapters consider changing scholarship in the field, examine nationally-oriented works by comparing themes and approaches, lend international perspective on a range of issues in education, and provide suggestions for further research and analysis.
Like many other subfields of historical analysis, the history of education has been deeply affected by global processes of social and political change, especially since the 1960s. The handbook weighs the influence of various interpretive perspectives, including revisionist viewpoints, taking particular note of changes in the past half century. Contributors consider how schooling and other educational experiences have been shaped by the larger social and political context, and how these influences have affected the experiences of students, their families and the educators who have worked with them.
The Handbook provides insight and perspective on a wide range of topics, including pre-modern education, colonialism and anti-colonial struggles, indigenous education, minority issues in education, comparative, international, and transnational education, childhood education, non-formal and informal education, and a range of other issues. Each contribution includes endnotes and a bibliography for readers interested in further study.