Cathie Jo Martin
Imagine All the People
International Institute of Social History|Lund University
light nineteenthcentury political economies poor agricultural denmark become leader public mass primary education 1814 multipletrack education system included vocational training rich industrial britain create public mass schooling 1870 embrace onetrack academic secondaryeducation system author argues literary narratives shed light crossnational differences danish narratives imagined education social investment strong society diverse educational tracks necessary meet varied skills needs economy british narratives portrayed schooling essential selfdevelopment cultivating ideal individual author uses close reading texts computational linguistics analyses 521 danish 562 british works fiction 1700 1920 document different portrayal education two countries case studies show writers crucial political actors important reforms understudied political agents policy development stories method allows author evaluate empirically complex relationship culture political outcomes falsify cultural claims improve thin vague national cultural arguments article shows literature helps reconcile contradictions embedded diverse models governance literature provides site reworking cultural symbols response societal struggles exogenous change provides source continuity moments institutional change