Author: Thomas Fullerton ArmstrongPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
The Public Educational Programs of Selected Lay Organizations in Pennsylvania
Author: Thomas Fullerton ArmstrongPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Whose America?
Author: Jonathan ZimmermanPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674045446
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
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 Germans, the Italians, even the newly arrived Eastern European Jews--urged school systems and textbook publishers to include their stories in the teaching of American history. The civil rights movement of the 1960s and '70s brought similar criticism of the white version of American history, and in the end, textbooks and curricula have offered a more inclusive account of American progress in freedom and justice. But moral and religious education, Zimmerman argues, will remain on much thornier ground. In battles over school prayer or sex education, each side argues from such deeply held beliefs that they rarely understand one another's reasoning, let alone find a middle ground for compromise. Here there have been no resolutions to calm the teaching of history. All the same, Zimmerman argues, the strong American tradition of pluralism has softened the edges of the most rigorous moral and religious absolutism.
Hoods and Shirts
Author: Philip JenkinsPublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807862282
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Extreme right-wing groups have always been a part of the American religious and political landscape. The era between the world wars, especially the 1930s, was a particularly volatile period, and by 1940, racist, nativist, and fascist groups had become so visible as to arouse public fears of insurrection and sabotage. In Hoods and Shirts, Philip Jenkins uses developments in Pennsylvania as a case study of the local activities and broader significance of organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan, the Italian Black Shirts, the Silver Legion, the German-American Bund, and Father Coughlin's Christian Front. Pennsylvania's cities were a stronghold of several of the most active extremist movements, and Jenkins argues that while the threats they posed were often exaggerated to benefit the solidarity of the political mainstream, a loose coalition of dozens of these groups nevertheless constituted a formidable political presence in the state. In chapters on each of the major organizations, Jenkins traces their common commitment to a fascist agenda as well as the ethnic and religious differences that divided them. His comprehensive analysis sheds new light on how these right-wing movements influenced the mainstream of American politics in the interwar years. Originally published in 1997. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
The Cold War at Home
Author: Philip JenkinsPublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469619652
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
One of the most significant industrial states in the country, with a powerful radical tradition, Pennsylvania was, by the early 1950s, the scene of some of the fiercest anti-Communist activism in the United States. Philip Jenkins examines the political and social impact of the Cold War across the state, tracing the Red Scare's reverberations in party politics, the labor movement, ethnic organizations, schools and universities, and religious organizations. Among Jenkins's most provocative findings is the revelation that, although their absolute numbers were not large, Communists were very well positioned in crucial Pennsylvania regions and constituencies, particularly in labor unions, the educational system, and major ethnic organizations. Instead of focusing on Pennsylvania's right-wing politicians (the sort represented nationally by Senator Joseph McCarthy), Jenkins emphasizes the anti-Communist activities of liberal politicians, labor leaders, and ethnic community figures who were terrified of Communist encroachments on their respective power bases. He also stresses the deep roots of the state's militant anti-Communism, which can be traced back at least into the 1930s.
The Teacher and School Organization
Author: Leo Martin ChamberlainPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : School management and organization
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
The Education Index
Author: Comprehensive Dissertation Index, 1861-1972: Education
Author: Xerox University MicrofilmsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
Book Description
An Analysis and Summary of the Significant Research Findings Concerning Some Problems and Issues of School-community Relations
Author: James J. JonesDictionary Catalog
Author: Columbia University. Libraries. Library of the School of Library ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 946
Book Description
Pennsylvania History
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pennsylvania
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
Includes section "Book reviews and Book notices.".