Education: A Historical Study of Education, Reform, and the Old Roots of Modern Ideas - Hardcover

Walsh, James J.: - James J. Walsh (1865-1942), also known as James Joseph Walsh, was an American physician, educator, historian, lecturer, and prolific author whose work often defended the intellectual achievements of earlier centuries against modern condescension. Born in New York City, he graduated from Fordham College in 1884 and received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1895 before pursuing postgraduate medical study in Europe. Bibliographic records identify him as a medical doctor and author, and list Education: How Old the New among his many works on education, medicine, science, religion, and intellectual history.Walsh wrote frequently on the history of medicine, medieval science, Catholic intellectual life, education, health, and the relation between older learning and modern assumptions. His books include The Popes and Science, Old-Time Makers of Medicine, Makers of Modern Medicine, Psychotherapy, and Education: How Old the New. His recurring argument was that the past was not as ignorant, stagnant, or anti-intellectual as modern readers often suppose. That perspective makes Education: How Old the New especially valuable for readers interested in educational history, classical learning, Catholic scholarship, the history of universities, and critiques of fashionable reform.