Eugenics and Education in America - Institutionalized Racism and the Implications of History, Ideology, and Memory (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Complicated Conversation: A Book Series of Curriculum Studies, 18
Release date:	February 2007
Authors:	Ann Gibson Winfield
Dimensions:	230 x 160 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	195
ISBN-13:	978-0-8204-8146-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Philosophy of education Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	0-8204-8146-7
Barcode:	9780820481463

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