Fighting for social democracy: R.H. Tawney and educational reconstruction in the Second World War

Review of periodical literature on the history of education published in 2016

“…67 Meanwhile, Ann K. McClellan considers a well-known writer, Vera Brittain, tracing the impact of the First World War on Brittain's views on university education and women's place within it. 68 69 Another contribution on Tawney, by James Kirby in the English Historical Review, reconsiders Religion and the Rise of Capitalism, though this is not primarily centred on Tawney's educational activities and interests. 70 Considering a more recent period, Peter Ribbins and Brian Sherratt report on a study of the eight Department of Education permanent secretaries between 1976 and 2012, in an article for the Journal of Educational Administration and History focusing on the career of Sir Tim Lankester.…”