Whose America?: Culture Wars in the Public Schools
- ISBN-10
- 0674018605
- ISBN-13
- 9780674018600
- Series
- Whose America?
- Category
- Education
- Pages
- 307
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005-11-01
- Author
- Jonathan Zimmerman
Description
Explains how the process of teaching history and morality in twentieth-century America came into its current state, identifying such factors as conflicts between immigrant groups, the civil rights movement, and debates about school prayer and sex education. (Education)
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