
Teaching Marianne and Uncle Sam
Public Education, State Centralization, and Teacher Unionism in France and the United States
Nicholas Toloudis(Author)
Temple University Press,U.S.
Will be published approx. on 6. July 2012
Book
Hardback
230 pages
978-1-4399-0906-5 (ISBN)
Description
A comparative historical study of the rise of teacher power and the state in France and the United States
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Philadelphia PA
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 224 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4399-0906-5 (9781439909065)
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Person
Nicholas Toloudis is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at The College of New Jersey.
Content
Preface
Acknowledgments
PART I The Puzzle of Turn-of-the-Century Teachers' Politics
1 Teachers, Politics, and the State
2 Centralization, Mobilization, and Selective Engagement
PART II Centralizing Education and Mobilizing Teachers
3 Centralizing Public Education and Teachers' Politics in Nineteenth-Century France
4 Centralization and Its Discontents among New York City Teachers
PART III The Politics of Selective Engagement
5 Selective Engagement and Teachers' Politics in France, 1887-1950
6 Selective Engagement and Teachers' Politics in New York City, 1920-1960
PART IV Conclusion
7 Marianne and Uncle Sam Revisited
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments
PART I The Puzzle of Turn-of-the-Century Teachers' Politics
1 Teachers, Politics, and the State
2 Centralization, Mobilization, and Selective Engagement
PART II Centralizing Education and Mobilizing Teachers
3 Centralizing Public Education and Teachers' Politics in Nineteenth-Century France
4 Centralization and Its Discontents among New York City Teachers
PART III The Politics of Selective Engagement
5 Selective Engagement and Teachers' Politics in France, 1887-1950
6 Selective Engagement and Teachers' Politics in New York City, 1920-1960
PART IV Conclusion
7 Marianne and Uncle Sam Revisited
Notes
Index