Color in the classroom : how American schools taught race, 1900-1954 /
Burkholder, Zoe.
Color in the classroom : how American schools taught race, 1900-1954 / Zoe Burkholder. - England ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011. - xi, 252 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-241) and index.
Introduction : the social construction of race in American schools -- Race as nation, 1900-1938 -- Franz Boas : reforming "race" in American schools -- Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead : teaching teachers race and culture -- Race as color, 1939-1945 -- Race as culture, 1946-1954 -- Conclusion : race and educational equality after Brown v. Board of Education.
Color in the Classroom is the first historical analysis of how schools and teachers powerfully influenced the social construction of race in America in the half century before the Brown decision.
9780199751723 (acid-free paper) 0199751722 (acid-free paper)
Race--Study and teaching--History--United States--20th century.
Racism--Study and teaching--History--United States--20th century.
United States--Race relations--History--20th century.
HT 1506 / B959c 2011
305.80071
Color in the classroom : how American schools taught race, 1900-1954 / Zoe Burkholder. - England ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011. - xi, 252 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-241) and index.
Introduction : the social construction of race in American schools -- Race as nation, 1900-1938 -- Franz Boas : reforming "race" in American schools -- Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead : teaching teachers race and culture -- Race as color, 1939-1945 -- Race as culture, 1946-1954 -- Conclusion : race and educational equality after Brown v. Board of Education.
Color in the Classroom is the first historical analysis of how schools and teachers powerfully influenced the social construction of race in America in the half century before the Brown decision.
9780199751723 (acid-free paper) 0199751722 (acid-free paper)
Race--Study and teaching--History--United States--20th century.
Racism--Study and teaching--History--United States--20th century.
United States--Race relations--History--20th century.
HT 1506 / B959c 2011
305.80071