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Color in the classroom : how American schools taught race, 1900-1954 / Zoe Burkholder.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: England ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.Description: xi, 252 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780199751723 (acid-free paper)
  • 0199751722 (acid-free paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.80071
LOC classification:
  • HT 1506 B959c 2011
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Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Status Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HT 1506 B959c 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 3 Available 00000120173

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.

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