Ninety Years of Education in California, 1846-1936. A Presentation of Educational Movements And their Outcome in Education Today

Berkeley: Sather Gate Book Shop, 1937 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Octavo. 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches. Pp. xv, 413. Index. Gilt-lettered navy cloth. A very fine copy. First edition. An overview of the history and development of education in California, both of elementary education and colleges and vocational schools. Constitutional and Legislative Provision; First Public and Private Schools; Educational Needs, 1849; First Free Public Schools; and on, and on including the establishment of Kindergarten, college movements during the first two decades, genesis of Stanford University, and much more. .