Download or read book Education and the State in Modern Peru written by G. Espinoza and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-12-10 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Espinoza's work illuminates how education was the site of ideological and political struggle in Peru during its early years as an independent state. Spanning 100 years and discussing both urban and rural education, it shows how school funding, curricula, and governance became part of the cultural process of state-building in Peru.