Eugenics and Education in America: Institutionalized Racism and the Implications of History, Ideology, and Memory - Couverture souple

Winfield, Ann

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0820481467 ISBN 13 : 9780820481463

Editeur : Peter Lang Publishing Inc, 2007

Synopsis

Education in America was designed to organize, classify, and sort students according to a definition of ability and human worth provided by a racialized scientism known as eugenics – an ideology whose ultimate goal was the establishment of a superior White race. Eugenicists targeted entire ethnic groups, the urban poor, rural "White trash," the sexually "deviant," Blacks, Jews, Native Americans, Asians, Latino/as, and anyone who did not fit with the pseudo-scientifically established "superior" Nordic race. Education leaders, complaining of children of "worm-eaten stock," established an enduring system to organize and sort students according to perceived societal worth. In exposing and addressing eugenics' place in our educational system, this book provides a groundbreaking addition to, and exceptional correction of, the history of curriculum in America.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

The Author : Ann Gibson Winfield is Assistant Professor of Historical and Philosophical Foundations at Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island. She received her Ph.D. in educational foundations, research, and leadership, with a concentration in curriculum studies from North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0820481467
• ISBN 13: 9780820481463
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 209
• Coordonnées du fabricant: r.boehm-korff@peterlang.com; r.boehm-korff@peterlang.com; ; Gontardstraße 11; Berlin; 10178; Allemagne