Lessons learnt from the past: a comparative investigation of inequality and public education in the USA, Mexico, and Argentina during the colonial period.

dc.rights.license	CC-BY-NC-ND
dc.contributor.advisor	van Zanden, J.L.
dc.contributor.advisor	Prak, M.
dc.contributor.author	Schellekens, A.C.
dc.date.accessioned	2009-09-10T17:00:49Z
dc.date.available	2009-09-10
dc.date.available	2009-09-10T17:00:49Z
dc.date.issued	2009
dc.identifier.uri	https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/3286
dc.description.abstract	This thesis analyzes the development of human capital in the Americas from 1600 until 1900. It emphasizes the effects social and economic inequality have had on public education development. By comparing and contrasting the cases of the USA, Mexico, and Argentina during the colonial period, it finds inequality in the distribution of political power the most plausible cause for the prevention of public education development.
dc.description.sponsorship	Utrecht University
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dc.language.iso	en
dc.title	Lessons learnt from the past: a comparative investigation of inequality and public education in the USA, Mexico, and Argentina during the colonial period.
dc.type.content	Master Thesis
dc.rights.accessrights	Open Access
dc.subject.keywords	Human capital
dc.subject.keywords	Inequality
dc.subject.keywords	Public education
dc.subject.keywords	Path development
dc.subject.courseuu	Comparative History