The Modern School (1920-2020) : a century of schooling in India
By
Rakesh Batabyal
Serial
15457
Publisher
Westland Publications, Chennai
Description
vi, 411
ISBN / ISSN No.
9789389648799
Subject
1. Modern School (New Delhi, India); 2. Education, Elementary (India, New Delhi) -- History 20th century.
Summay
An iconic centre of learning in the national capital, the Modern School is representative of the pioneering efforts in the early twentieth century to create a contemporary educational structure in India. Historian Rakesh Batabyal excavates the school's origins in old Delhi and its close ideological links to the literary and cultural sensibilities of the nineteenth century, the values of the freedom movement and the philosophical quest for a universal horizon for the nation.
Keyword
On page 170 a short introduction on a alumni of Modern School, Delhi Rajeev Sethi (noted designer).
DDC Classification No.
371.00954
Accession No.
15457
Shelving location
52
Status
Available
Category
Education