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Elstree School celebrates its 175th anniversary in 2023. This is a
revised history of the school which gives a lively account of the
extraordinary Sanderson family who ran it for 100 years, the other
teachers who made it special and which celebrates some of its
distinguished old boys. Elstree was a feeder for Harrow, and in its
early days, had a strong intellectual background with figures such
as Joseph Conrad and John Galsworthy frequent visitors to the
school. The book explains the ethos of study, Christian faith, high
sporting achievement and good manners that have long given the
school its special quality, and brings the story right up to the
present day.
This much-needed volume is an edited collection of primary sources
that document the history of bilingual education in U.S. public
schools during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Part I of
the volume examines the development of dual-language programs for
immigrants, colonized Mexicans, and Native Americans during the
nineteenth century. Part II considers the attacks on bilingual
education during the Progressive-era drive for an English-only
curriculum and during the First World War. Part III explores the
resurgence of bilingual activities, particularly among Spanish
speakers and Native Americans, during the interwar period and
details the rise of the federal government's involvement in
bilingual instruction during the post-WWII decades. Part IV of the
volume examines the recent campaigns against bilingual education
and explores dual-language practices in today's classrooms. A
compilation of school reports, letters, government documents, and
other primary sources, this volume provides rich insights into the
history of this very contentious educational policy and practice
and will be of great interest to historians and language scholars,
as well as to educational practitioners and policymakers.
Groundbreaking, insightful, and compulsively readable,
"Revolution in Mind" goes beyond myth and polemic to give us the
story of one of the most controversial and important intellectual
endeavors of the twentieth century. In this masterful history,
George Makari demonstrates how a new way of thinking about inner
life coalesced and won followers who spread this body of thought
throughout the West. Along the way he introduces the reader to a
fascinating array of characters, many of whom have been long
ignored or forgotten.
"Revolution in Mind" is a brilliant, engaging, and radically
new work--the first ever to account fully for the making of
psychoanalysis.
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