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11 produkter
Merit
The History of a Founding Ideal from the American Revolution to the Twenty-First Century
Av Joseph Kett
Inbunden, 2013
387 kr
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The idea that citizens' advancement should depend exclusively on merit, on qualities that deserve reward rather than on bloodlines or wire-pulling, was among the Founding ideals of the American republic, Joseph F. Kett argues in this provocative and engaging book. Merit's history, he contends, is …
Rochdale Village
Robert Moses, 6,000 Families, and New York City's Great Experiment in Integrated Housing
Inbunden, 2010
641 kr
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From 1963 to 1965 roughly 6,000 families moved into Rochdale Village, at the time the world's largest housing cooperative, in southeastern Queens County. The moderate-income cooperative attracted families from a diverse background, white and black, to what was a predominantly black neighborhood. In …
Armed with Expertise
The Militarization of American Social Research During the Cold War
Av Joy Rohde
Inbunden, 2013
519 kr
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During the height of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Pentagon launched a controversial counterinsurgency program called the Human Terrain System. The program embedded social scientists within military units to provide commanders with information about the cultures and grievances of local …
Experts' War on Poverty
Social Research and the Welfare Agenda in Postwar America
Inbunden, 2018
717 kr
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In the critically acclaimed La Fin de la Pauverté?, Romain D. Huret identifies a network of experts who were dedicated to the post-World War II battle against poverty in the United States. John Angell's translation of Huret's work brings to light for an English-speaking audience this critical set …
For the Common Good
A New History of Higher Education in America
Av Charles Dorn
Inbunden, 2017
403 kr
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Are colleges and universities in a period of unprecedented disruption? Is a bachelor's degree still worth the investment? Are the humanities coming to an end? What, exactly, is higher education good for?In For the Common Good, Charles Dorn challenges the rhetoric of America's so-called crisis in …
Education in Politics
The Origins and Evolution of No Child Left Behind
Häftad, 2014
283 kr
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Since the early 1990s, the federal role in education—exemplified by the controversial No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)—has expanded dramatically. Yet states and localities have retained a central role in education policy, leading to a growing struggle for control over the direction of the nation's …
Fight for Local Control
Schools, Suburbs, and American Democracy
Inbunden, 2016
578 kr
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Throughout the twentieth century, local control of school districts was one of the most contentious issues in American politics. As state and federal regulation attempted to standardize public schools, conservatives defended local prerogative as a bulwark of democratic values. Yet their commitment …
New Moral Vision
Gender, Religion, and the Changing Purposes of American Higher Education, 1837-1917
Inbunden, 2016
697 kr
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In A New Moral Vision, Andrea L. Turpin explores how the entrance of women into U.S. colleges and universities shaped changing ideas about the moral and religious purposes of higher education in unexpected ways, and in turn profoundly shaped American culture. In the decades before the Civil War, …
Two Weeks Every Summer
Fresh Air Children and the Problem of Race in America
Inbunden, 2017
403 kr
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Two Weeks Every Summer, which is based on extensive oral history interviews with former guests, hosts, and administrators in Fresh Air programs, opens a new chapter in the history of race in the United States by showing how the actions of hundreds of thousands of rural and suburban residents who …
Armed with Expertise
The Militarization of American Social Research During the Cold War
Av Joy Rohde
Häftad, 2018
358 kr
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During the height of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Pentagon launched a controversial counterinsurgency program called the Human Terrain System. The program embedded social scientists within military units to provide commanders with information about the cultures and grievances of local …
For the Common Good
A New History of Higher Education in America
Av Charles Dorn
Häftad, 2022
358 kr
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Are colleges and universities in a period of unprecedented disruption? Is a bachelor's degree still worth the investment? Are the humanities coming to an end? What, exactly, is higher education good for?In For the Common Good, Charles Dorn challenges the rhetoric of America's so-called crisis in …
