Mary Wollstonecraft
(Hardback)
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Publishing Details
Mary Wollstonecraft
By (Author) Susan Laird
Series edited by Professor Richard Bailey
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
15th March 2008
United Kingdom
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Reference works
371.822
Physical Properties
Hardback
272
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
Description
Mary Wollstonecraft is indisputably a major thinker in education. Susan Laird's volume offers the most coherent account of Wollstonecraft's educational thought. This work is divided into: 1. Intellectual biography 2. Critical exposition of Wollstonecraft's work 3. The reception and influence of Wollstonecraft's work 4. The relevance of the work today
Author Bio
Susan Laird is Associate Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, University of Oklahoma, USA. She is also Immediate Past President of the Philosophy of Education Society; Faculty Adviser of theOklahoma Educational Studies Association; and Co-Founder for EDUCATING WOMEN: A Community of Learning & Inquiry into Women, Gender, and Education. Richard Bailey is a writer and researcher in education and sport. A former teacher in both primary and secondary schools and a teacher trainer, he has been Professor at a number of leading Universities in the UK. He now lives and works in Germany, where he is Manager of Sport and Health at the International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education.
