In this far-ranging, incisive study, Robert Ulich analyzes the various forces that have molded the educational systems and common intellectual heritage of Western nations. Ulich has added to this revised edition of his work an important chapter describing new developments in educational policy.

It is gratifying to read a book that shows scholarship and a broad vision of educational issues, that is replete with penetrating observations and sound conclusions, and that is, at the same time, readable and well-organized.
-- William K. Selden Saturday Review