American Apprenticeship and Industrial Education / / Paul H. Douglas.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: Douglas, Paul H.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1968]; ©1968
• Year of Publication: 1968
• Language: English
• Series: Studies History, Economics and Public Law
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Examines the history of apprenticeship, and the movement from apprenticeship to that of industrial education as juvenile labor laws change. Looks at the training and industrial schools that have replaced the practice of apprenticeship, along with social and economic aspects related to these developments.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Part I. American Apprenticeship : Its Background, Development and Decay -- 1. Apprenticeship and Its Relation to Industrial Education -- 2. American Apprenticeship Prior to the Factory Period -- 3. The Decline of Apprenticeship in the Machine Era -- Part II. Juvenile Labor and the Educational Requirements of Modern Industry -- 4. Present Conditions of Children in Industry -- 5. What Education is Needed for Modern Industry -- 6. The Problem of Vocational Education for Women -- Part III. Modern Substitutes for Apprenticeship -- 7. Manual Training -- 8. Trade and Industrial Schools -- 9. Training of Employees by Plants -- 10. Evening and Correspondence Schools -- 11. Cooperative and Continuation Schools -- 12. Vocational Guidance -- Part IV. Social Aspects -- 13. The Smith-Hughes Act and Federal Aid for Vocational Education -- 14. The Economic Aspects of Industrial Education -- 15. The Attitude of Labor and Capital Towards Industrial Education -- 16. A Program -- Bibliographical Note -- Index