When the state claimed truancy and took Jonas Yoder to court, a legal battle of landmark proportions followed. This volume is a complete and compelling accountof the Yoder case.

This monograph is on the social and political history of Germany in the 19th century, with particular reference to the role played by the educational system in shaping society.

By examining Europe of the nineteenth century, the United States, Japan, and a number of developing countries, Myron Weiner rejects the argument that children were removed from the labor force only when the incomes of the poor rose and ...