Includes bibliographical references and index.

Education in antiquity and early classical societies : the role of religion -- Rome and the early Christian world : building the classical legacy -- Education in South and East Asia : two other classical traditions -- Fragmentation and reconsolidation around the "religions of the book" -- Christian education in Western Europe -- Education in post-classical societies : regional patterns in Asia, Africa and the Americas -- New educational impulses in Western Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries -- Changes in 18th-century European education : new roles for science and the state -- Education in early modern Eurasia and Africa : tradition and expansion -- The revolutionary tide -- Educational changes in Western societies -- Global educational trends in the long nineteenth century -- Twentieth-Century changes in Europe and the United States -- Decolonization and the transformation of national education systems -- Recent Patterns and Tensions.

"Education in World History shows how broad currents in transnational history have interacted with trends in educational organization and teaching practices over time. From antiquity and early Classical societies to present day, this book highlights the ways in which changes in religious and intellectual life and economic patterns in key world regions have generated developments in education. Since the postclassical period, cross-cultural connections have also influenced educational change. In more recent times, transnational dialogues and mobility have played a vital role in shaping educational patterns. Ranging through South and East Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas, the book also considers how the impact of modern forces, such as industrialization and nationalism, have transformed education in fundamental ways. Throughout the volume, Mark S. Johnson and Peter N. Stearns emphasize the tensions between elite and state educational interests and more diverse popular demands for access and, often, for more innovative pedagogy. Suitable for introductory world history and history of education courses, this lively overview reconsiders the history of education from the perspective of world and comparative history"--