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Cole Wade |
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Uncommon schools [[electronic resource] ] : the global rise of postsecondary institutions for Indigenous peoples / / Wade M. Cole |
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Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, c2011 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (286 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Indigenous peoples - Education (Higher) |
Indigenous peoples - Legal status, laws, etc |
Indigenous peoples - Government relations |
Higher education and state |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Table of Contents: List of Tables List of Figures List of Abbreviations A Note on Terminology Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction Part I. Global Analysis 1. World Polity Transformations and the Status of Indigenous Peoples 2. Indigenous Education in Global and Historical Perspective Part II. Cross-National Analysis 3. Indigenous-State Relations in Comparative Perspective 4. The Emergence of Indigenous Postsecondary Institutions Part III. Organizational Analysis 5. Minority-Serving Colleges in the United States 6. Ethnocentric Curricula and the Politics of Difference Conclusion: Summary, Challenges, and the Future of Indigenous Postsecondary Institutions Appendix Notes References Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Postsecondary institutions for indigenous peoples emerged in the late 1960's, just as other special purpose colleges based on gender or race began to close. What accounts for the emergence of these distinctive institutions? Though indigenous students are among the least populous, the poorest, and the most educationally disadvantaged in the world, they differ from most other racial, ethnic, cultural, and linguistic minorities by virtue of their exceptional claims to sovereignty under international and domestic law. Uncommon Schools explores the |
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