Race, Ethnicty, and Education: What Is Taught in School ( PB)

by Theresa R. Richardson, Erwin V. Johanningmeir (Editor), Theresa R. Richardson (Editor)

Overview

This work looks at race, ethnicity and education in the United States. It covers such topics as: myths and history in the making of race and ethnicity; the origin of British North America and racial slavery; abolition and the invention of racism; and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781593110802
Publisher:	Information Age Publishing, Inc.
Publication date:	11/26/2003
Series:	International Perspectives on Curriculum Ser.
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	340
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.76(d)

Table of Contents

	Series Forword	vii
	Introduction	ix
1	Myths and History in the Making of Race and Ethnicity	1
2	What Is Not Taught in School: The Origin of British North America and Racial Slavery	25
3	"Citty Upon a Hill": The Contradictions of Humanism and Exceptionalism on the Road to Revolution	53
4	The American Revolution to the Civil War: Abolition, and the Invention of Racism	85
5	The Great Divide: The Civil War to Modern Racism	119
6	Education and the Melting Pot: Ethnicity in the Era of Jim Crow	149
7	Civil Rights Movement: The Long Road to Freedom	181
8	The Politics of Educational Opportunity and Identity	219
9	Conclusion: Understanding the Past for Today and All Tomorrows	253
	Bibliography	281
	Index	301