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Whose America? : culture wars in the public schools / Jonathan Zimmerman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2002Description: 307 pISBN:
  • 0674009185 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.4320973
LOC classification:
  • LC191.4. Z56 2002
Contents:
Introduction : beyond Dayton and Chicago -- 1. Ethnicity and the history wars -- 2. Struggles over race and sectionalism -- 3. Social studies wars in New Deal America -- 4. The Cold War assault on textbooks -- 5. Black activism, white resistance, and multiculturalism -- 6. Religious education in public schools -- 7. School prayer and the conservative revolution -- 8. The battle for sex education -- Epilogue : searching for common ground.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : beyond Dayton and Chicago -- 1. Ethnicity and the history wars -- 2. Struggles over race and sectionalism -- 3. Social studies wars in New Deal America -- 4. The Cold War assault on textbooks -- 5. Black activism, white resistance, and multiculturalism -- 6. Religious education in public schools -- 7. School prayer and the conservative revolution -- 8. The battle for sex education -- Epilogue : searching for common ground.

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