Deculturalization and the Struggle for Equality: A Brief History of the Education of Dominated Cultures in the United States / Edition 6

by Joel Spring

Overview

This brief history of edcuation of dominated cultures in the United States makes an ideal supplement for any course that deals extensively with issues of student diversity and multicultural education. The dominated groups that it discusses includes Native Americans,African Americans,Mexican Americans,Puerto Ricans and Asian Americans,while European-American culture is considered the dominant culture of the United States. The book's analysis centers around the following three concepts,deculturalization,segregation,and the civil rights movement.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780073378732
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Publication date:	02/13/2009
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Joel Spring is Professor Emeritus at Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, USA.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1: Deculturalization and the Racial and Cultural Superiority of Anglo American
CHAPTER 2: Deculturalization and the Schooling of Native American
CHAPTER 3: Deculturalization of Puerto Rican
CHAPTER 4: Education and Segregation: African American
CHAPTER 5: Education as Segregation: Asian Americans and Chicano
CHAPTER 6: The Great Civil Rights Movement and the New Culture War