Education and the Cold War : the battle for the American school / Andrew Hartman.
| Author/creator | Hartman, Andrew |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. |
| Description | x, 251 pages ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introdutcion : education and the Cold War : an American crisis -- John Dewey and the invention of childhood : progressive education in the beginning -- Education and the Great Depression : the unraveling of the popular front and the roots of educational vigilantism -- From hot war to cold war for schools and teenagers : the life adjustment movement as therapy for the immature -- The communist teacher problematic : liberal anticommunism and the education of Bella Dodd -- Progressive education is red-ucation : conservative thought and Cold War educational vigilantism -- A crisis of the mind : the liberal intellectuals and the schools -- From world-mindedness to Cold War-mindedness : the lost educational utopia of Theodore Brameld -- Desegregation as Cold War experience : the perplexities of race in the blackboard jungle -- Growing up absurd in the Cold War : Sputnik and the polarized Sixties -- Conclusion : the educational reproduction of the Cold War. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-243) and index. |
| LCCN | 2007028866 |
| ISBN | 0230600107 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780230600102 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | LC89 .H27 2008 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |