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Deculturalization and the Struggle for Equality : A Brief history of the Education of Dominated Cultures in the United States / Joel Spring.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Sociocultural, political, and historical studies in educationPublication details: Boston : McGraw Hill, 2004.Edition: 4th edDescription: xi, 128 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781032101545
  • 9781032101576
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Deculturalization and the struggle for equalityDDC classification:
  • 371.829 22 SPR
LOC classification:
  • LC3731 .S68 2022
Contents:
Brief Contents. Preface -- Deculturalization, Native Americans and American History: 1619 and 1776 Projects -- Native Americans: Institutional Racism and Deculturalization -- African Americans: Globalization and the African Diaspora -- Asian Americans: Exclusion and Segregation -- Hispanic/Latino/Latina/Latinx Americans: Exclusion and Segregation -- The Great Civil Rights Movement and the New Culture Wars Globalization: The Great Civil Rights Movement and Wars of Liberation -- Twenty-First Century: Resegregation, White Supremacy and Teaching Corporate Culture.
Summary: "Joel Spring's history of school policies imposed on dominated groups in the United States examines the concept of deculturalization-the use of schools to strip away family languages and cultures and replace them with those of the dominant group. The focus is on the education of dominated groups forced to become citizens in territories conquered by the U.S., including Native Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, Latino Americans, and Hawaiians. In 7 concise, thought-provoking chapters, this analysis and documentation of how education is used to change or eliminate linguistic and cultural traditions in the U.S. looks at the educational, legal, and social construction of race and racism in the United States, emphasizing the various meanings of "equality" that have existed from colonial America to the present. Providing a broader perspective for understanding the denial of cultural and linguistic rights in the United States, issues of language, culture, and deculturalization are placed in a global context. Extensively revised throughout to reflect the dramatic national events since the prior edition, the 9th Edition discusses the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, increased educational inequality related to the pandemic, concerns about institutional racism and white nationalism, disputes about the interpretation of U.S. history, and debates over cultural and racial identity"--

Eighth edition published 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Brief Contents. Preface -- Deculturalization, Native Americans and American History: 1619 and 1776 Projects -- Native Americans: Institutional Racism and Deculturalization -- African Americans: Globalization and the African Diaspora -- Asian Americans: Exclusion and Segregation -- Hispanic/Latino/Latina/Latinx Americans: Exclusion and Segregation -- The Great Civil Rights Movement and the New Culture Wars Globalization: The Great Civil Rights Movement and Wars of Liberation -- Twenty-First Century: Resegregation, White Supremacy and Teaching Corporate Culture.

"Joel Spring's history of school policies imposed on dominated groups in the United States examines the concept of deculturalization-the use of schools to strip away family languages and cultures and replace them with those of the dominant group. The focus is on the education of dominated groups forced to become citizens in territories conquered by the U.S., including Native Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, Latino Americans, and Hawaiians. In 7 concise, thought-provoking chapters, this analysis and documentation of how education is used to change or eliminate linguistic and cultural traditions in the U.S. looks at the educational, legal, and social construction of race and racism in the United States, emphasizing the various meanings of "equality" that have existed from colonial America to the present. Providing a broader perspective for understanding the denial of cultural and linguistic rights in the United States, issues of language, culture, and deculturalization are placed in a global context. Extensively revised throughout to reflect the dramatic national events since the prior edition, the 9th Edition discusses the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, increased educational inequality related to the pandemic, concerns about institutional racism and white nationalism, disputes about the interpretation of U.S. history, and debates over cultural and racial identity"--

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