Race, Ethnicity, and Education in the United States : What Is Taught in School

by Richardson, Theresa R.

• ISBN13: 9781593110819
• ISBN10: 1593110812
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-11-01
• Publisher: Information Age Pub Inc

Table of Contents

Series Forword	vii
David Scott, Series Editor
Introduction	ix
1 Myths and History in the Making of Race and Ethnicity	1	(24)
2 What Is Not Taught in School: The Origin of British North America and Racial Slavery	25	(28)
3 "Citty Upon a Hill": The Contradictions of Humanism and Exceptionalism on the Road to Revolution	53	(32)
4 The American Revolution to the Civil War: Abolition, and the Invention of Racism	85	(34)
5 The Great Divide: The Civil War to Modern Racism	119	(30)
6 Education and the Melting Pot: Ethnicity in the Era of Jim Crow	149	(32)
7 Civil Rights Movement: The Long Road to Freedom	181	(38)
8 The Politics of Educational Opportunity and Identity	219	(34)
9 Conclusion: Understanding the Past for Today and All Tomorrows	253	(28)
Bibliography	281	(20)
Index	301