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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451104403321

Titolo

Schools as imagined communities [[electronic resource] ] : the creation of identity, meaning, and conflict in U.S. history / / edited by Deirdre Cobb-Roberts, Sherman Dorn, Barbara J. Shircliffe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

ISBN

1-281-36956-X

9786611369569

1-4039-8293-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XI, 217 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Cobb-RobertsDeirdre

DornSherman

ShircliffeBarbara J

Disciplina

371.19/0973

Soggetti

Community and school - United States - History

Education - Social aspects - United States - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Government forces mean the notion of a 'community' school has become less defined by decisions on core curriculum. This collection explores the extent to which collective notions of school-community relations have prevented citizens from speaking openly about the tensions created where schools are imagined as communities.