Race, ethnicity, and education
Subtitle: what is taught in school
By: by Theresa R. Richardson and Erwin V. Johanningmeir.
Contributors: Johanningmeir, Erwin V.
Series: International perspectives on curriculum
Publisher: Information Age Pub.
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Greenwich, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
Subjects: Multicultural education -- Curricula -- United States; Pluralism (Social sciences) -- Study and teaching -- United States; United States -- Race relations -- History; United States -- Ethnic relations -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-299) and index.
Table of contents: title: Myths and history in the making of race and ethnicity; title: What is not taught in school : the origin of British North America and racial slavery; title: "City upon a hill" : the contradictions of humanism and exceptionalism on the road to revolution; title: The American Revolution to the Civil War : abolition, and the invention of racism; title: The great divide : the Civil War to modern racism; title: Education and the melting pot : ethnicity in the era of Jim Crow; title: Civil rights movement : the long road to freedom; title: The politics of educational opportunity and identity; title: Conclusion : understanding the past for today and all tomorrows.