Espinoza's work illuminates how education was the site of ideological and political struggle in Peru during its early years as an independent state. Spanning 100 years and discussing both urban and rural education, it shows how school funding, curricula, and governance became part of the cultural process of state-building in Peru.

Autorentext
G. Antonio Espinoza is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA.

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Introduction 1. Schooling Patterns 2. From Republicanism to Popular Instruction to Nationalism: Official Educational Ideas and Goals in Peru, 1821-1905 3. Teachers, Local Communities, and National Government 4. Inside Primary Schools: Curricula and Methods in the Lima Region, 1821-1905 5. The Realities of the Estado Docente: Educational Centralization from 1905 to c. 1921 Conclusions