1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451796703321

Autore

Li Guofang <1972->

Titolo

Culturally contested pedagogy [[electronic resource] ] : battles of literacy  and schooling between mainstream teachers and Asian immigrant  parents / / Guofang Li ; with a foreword by Lee Gunderson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2006

ISBN

0-7914-8254-5

1-4237-4789-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (282 p.)

Collana

SUNY series, power, social identity, and education

Disciplina

371.829/95/073

Soggetti

Asian Americans - Education

Asians - Education - Canada

Children of immigrants - Education - United States

Children of immigrants - Education - Canada

Literacy - Social aspects - United States

Literacy - Social aspects - Canada

Parent-teacher relationships - United States

Parent-teacher relationships - Canada

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 (p. 233-253) and  index.

Nota di contenuto

Literacy instruction and cross-cultrual discourses -- The city, the school, and the families -- Literacy and culture battles: teacher beliefs and parent perspectives -- Beginning forays in the battles: Sandy, Anthony, Kevin, and Alana -- Living through the battles: Billy, Andy, Jake, and Tina -- Understanding the battles of literacy and culture: conflicts and -- Complexities -- Learning from the battles: toward a pedagogy of culrutal reciprocity.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910797259703321

Autore

Dunt Detlef

Titolo

Journey to Texas, 1833 / / Detlef Dunt ; translated from the German by Anders Saustrup ; edited and with an introduction by James C. Kearney and Geir Bentzen ; design by Lindsay Starr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, Texas : , : University of Texas Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-292-76836-2

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Disciplina

976.4/03

Soggetti

Germans - Texas

Texas Description and travel

Texas Emigration and immigration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; An Introduction (James C. Kearney and Geir Bentzen); Journey to Texas, Including Information about This Country, for Germans Intending to Go to America. (Detlef Dunt;  translated by Anders Saustrup); Preface; Introduction.; Departure from Oldenburg for New York by way of Bremerhaven, with Pertinent Observations. Report of a Letter from an Oldenburg Man in Texas. Description of New York, etc.; Departure from New York for New Orleans. Description of This City. Observation on the Most Essential Needs of the Colonist in Texas.

Travel from New Orleans to Brazoria in Texas. Staying There and at Varner's Creek Departure for San Felipe and Mill Creek. Observations Concerning These Localities.; Further Observations Concerning Texas. Report on the Most Essential Parts of the Colonization Law and the Constitutional Acts.; Some Observations Concerning the Quality of the Soil and the Procedures Followed in Agriculture and Horticulture.; The Author's Return Trip to Germany.; Postscript; Appendix 1: Louise Ernst Stöhr (Anders Saustrup); Appendix 2: Caroline Ernst von Hinueber (Anders Saustrup)

Appendix 3: Wolters-Achenbach (Anders Saustrup)Appendix 4: Nomenclature of Measures, Weights, Currency, and Other Terms of Designation (Anders Saustrup); Early German Literature about Texas



and Detlef Dunt's Place in It: A Bibliographical Essay (James C. Kearney); Chronological Bibliography of Nineteenth-Century German Works That Discuss or Mention Texas (James C. Kearney)

Sommario/riassunto

In 1834, a German immigrant to Texas, D. T. F. (Detlef Thomas Friedrich) Jordt, aka Detlef Dunt, published Reise nach Texas, a delightful little book that praised Texas as "a land which puts riches in [the immigrant's] lap, which can bring happiness to thousands and to their descendants." Dunt's volume was the first one written by an on-the-ground observer to encourage German immigration to Texas, and it provides an unparalleled portrait of Austin's Colony from the lower Brazos region and San Felipe to the Industry and Frelsburg areas, where Dunt resided with Friedrich Ernst and his family. Journey to Texas, 1833 offers the first English translation of Reise nach Texas. It brings to vivid life the personalities, scenic landscapes, and customs that Dunt encountered in colonial Texas on the eve of revolution, along with his many practical suggestions for Germans who intended to emigrate. The editors' introduction describes the social, political, and economic conditions that prompted Europeans to emigrate to Texas and provides biographical background on Dunt and his connection with Friedrich Ernst. Also included in the volume are a bibliography of German works about Texas and an interpretive essay discussing all of the early German literature about Texas and Dunt's place within it. Expanding our knowledge of German immigration to Texas beyond the more fully documented Hill Country communities, Journey to Texas, 1833 also adds an important chapter to the story of pre-Revolutionary Texas by a sophisticated commentator.