Whose America?: Culture Wars in the Public Schools

by Jonathan Zimmerman

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What do America's children learn about American history, American values, and human decency? Who decides? In this absorbing book, Jonathan Zimmerman tells the dramatic story of conflict, compromise, and more conflict over the teaching of history and morality in twentieth-century America. In history, whose stories are told, and how? As Zimmerman reveals, multiculturalism began long ago. Starting in the 1920s, various immigrant groups--the Irish, the...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0674009185

ISBN13:9780674009189

Release Date:September 2002

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:320 Pages

Weight:0.05 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 5.8" x 8.4"

Related Subjects

Curricula Curriculum & Instruction Education Education & Reference Education Theory Educational Philosophy History History & Theory Philosophy & Social Aspects Political Science

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