Title Outside in : minorities and the transformation of American education / Paula S. Fass

Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1989

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Description 1 online resource (x, 308 pages) Contents Introduction; PART I. FROM OTHER SHORES: EUROPEAN IMMIGRANTS AND AMERICAN EDUCATION; 1. The Progressive, the Immigrant, and the School; 2. Education, Democracy, and the Science of Individual Differences; 3. "Americanizing" the High Schools: New York in the 1930s and '40s; PART II. OTHER PEOPLE, OTHER SCHOOLS: RACE, SEX, RELIGION, AND AMERICAN EDUCATION; 4. New Day Coming: The Federal Government and Black Education in the 1930s and '40s; 5. The Female Paradox: Higher Education for Women, 1945-63; 6. Imitation and Autonomy: Catholic Education in the Twentieth Century; Conclusion Summary Ever since the massive immigration from Europe of the late 19th century, American society has accommodated people of many cultures, religions, languages, and expectations. The task of integration has increasingly fallen to the schools, where children are taught a common language and a set of democratic values and sent on their ways to become productive members of society. How American schools have set about educating these diverse students, and how these students' needs have altered the face of education, are issues central to the social history of the United States in the 20th century. In her Analysis United States Education related to social change, history Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-298) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Education -- United States -- History -- 20th century Minorities -- Education -- United States -- History -- 20th century Americanization -- History -- 20th century High schools -- United States -- History -- 20th century EDUCATION -- History. EDUCATION -- Comparative. Americanization Education High schools Minorities -- Education Integration Einwanderer Bildungswesen Interkulturelle Erziehung Schulische Integration Nationale Minderheit Erziehung Education -- United States -- 20th century. Minorities -- Education -- United States. United States USA Genre/Form History History. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780195361209 0195361202 0195071352 9780195071351

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