School, Society, and State : A New Education to Govern Modern America, 1890-1940 /

School, Society, and State : A New Education to Govern Modern America, 1890-1940 /

"Democracy has to be born anew every generation, and education is its midwife," wrote John Dewey in his classic work The School and Society. In School, Society, and State, Tracy Steffes places that idea at the center of her exploration of the connections between public school reform in...

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Main Author: Steffes, Tracy L. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2011]
Subjects:
Democracy and education > United States > History > 20th century
Education and state > United States > History > 20th century
Education, Compulsory > United States > History > 20th century
Educational change > United States > History > 20th century
Educational sociology > United States > History > 20th century
School management and organization > United States > History > 20th century
Schools > Centralization > United States > History > 20th century
government, education, democracy, public school, reform, progressive era, urbanization, industrialization, authority, children, management, administration, history, politics, centralization, power, state control, capitalism, localism, collectivism, individualism, sociology, law, political science, state-building, personal responsibility, success, failure, academic achievement, learning outcomes, nonfiction

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