02957nam 22006013u 450 991045228480332120210810232447.00-7391-7058-91-299-18482-0(CKB)2550000001003027(EBL)1127703(OCoLC)845250726(MiAaPQ)EBC1127703(EXLCZ)99255000000100302720130930d2012|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||Civic Education and the Future of American Citizenship[electronic resource]Lanham Lexington Books20121 online resource (176 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-7057-0 Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: Foundations of Civic and Liberal Education; Chapter One: The Inspiring Idea of the Common School; Chapter Two: Memory and Sacrifice in the Formation of Civic Consciousness; Chapter Three: Polishing Barbarous Mores; II: The Changing Landscape of American Civic Life; Chapter Four: American Amnesia; Chapter Five: The Peer Bubble; Chapter Six: Voter Beware; III: On the Ends of Liberal Education; Chapter Seven: Majoring in Servitude; Chapter Eight: Education to What End-Vocation or Virtue?; Chapter Nine: "Reflection and Choice"; Afterword; IndexAbout the Editors and ContributorsLack of civic knowledge, ignorance about the U.S. Constitution, and general ambivalence about education threaten the fiber of this nation. The remedy to this malaise, advocated in various ways by a diverse group of contributors, is a well-rounded, liberal education that prepares citizens to participate in a free republic.Citizenship - Study and teaching - United StatesCivics - Study and teaching - United StatesUnited States - Politics and government - Study and teachingElectronic books.Citizenship - Study and teaching - United States.Civics - Study and teaching - United States.United States - Politics and government - Study and teaching.370.1150973Busch Elizabeth Kaufer957477White Jonathan W957478Agresto John957479Bauerlein Mark957480Benoliel Peter A957481Bergner Jeff957482Cole Bruce216982Gioia Dana957483Hirsch E. D.Jr.(Eric Donald),1928-957484McClay Wilfred M957485Radasanu Andrea957486Spiller Lisa957487Yonan Jonathan957488AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910452284803321Civic Education and the Future of American Citizenship2168729UNINA