This book brings together fifteen comprehensive studies of significant North American scholars of comparative education from the 20th century. Providing relevant biographical detail, chapters analyse each figure's approach to comparative education and their on-going influences on the field.

Erwin H. Epstein is Emeritus Professor of Cultural and Educational Policy Studies at Loyola University Chicago. He is the author of numerous publications and was formerly president of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) and editor of the Comparative Education Review.

List of Illustrations List of Contributors Preface Introduction: Unleashing the Power of Biographies to Shape a Narrative on Perspectives in Transition Part I The Policy-oriented humanistic tradition in comparative education 1: John Dewey 2: Paul Monroe 3: Isaac Leon Kandel 4: William W. Brickman 5: George Z.F. Bereday Part II The social scientific tradition in comparative education 6: C. Arnold Anderson 7: Phillip J. Foster 8: Mary Jean Bowman 9: Donald K. Adams 10: Joseph P. Farrell Part III New perspectives and methods in comparative education 11: Gail Paradise Kelly 12: Rolland G. Paulston 13: Heidi Ann Ross 14: Gerald H. Read 15: Claude Andrew Eggertsen Conclusion: Harnessing Disparate Perspectives on Ways of Knowing for an Uncertain Future Selected Further Readings Index