TY - BOOK AU - Akenson,Donald H. TI - Education and enmity: the control of schooling in Northern Ireland, 1920-50 SN - 9780415519472 U1 - 379.416 PY - 1973/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - Education KW - Political aspects KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Northern Ireland KW - Education and state KW - Social aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references N2 - First published in 1973 Professor Akenson's book traces the series of religious and political controversies which have battered the state schools of Northern Ireland. After the government's admirably intentioned, but muddled, attempt to create a non-sectarian school system in the early 1920s, the educational system was progressively manipulated by sectarianism. The way in which the author describes how children are schooled reveals a great deal about the attitudes and values of the parental generation and also helps to explain the actions of later generations ER -