| Description |
xxviii, 217 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Selection of papers presented at the 12th annual Duquesne History Forum held on Oct. 18-20, 1978 in Pittsburgh. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Bernard J. Weiss -- Education and the European immigrant, 1820-1920 / Oscar Handlin -- The huddled masses and the little red schoolhouse / John J. Appel and Selma Appel -- Public schools and immigrants : the New York City experience / Selma Berrol -- Education and the advancement of American Jews / Leonard Dinnerstein -- American education and the Italian immigrant response / Salvatore J. LaGumina -- Schooling and the Slavic-American family, 1900-1940 / John Bodnar -- The Americanization movement and the education of the foreign-born adult, 1914-25 / John F. McClymer --The international institutes and immigrant education, 1910-40 / Raymond A. Mohl -- The intercultural education movement, 1924-41 : the growth of tolerance as a form of intolerance / Nicholas V. Montalto -- Immigration and American Catholic higher education / Philip Gleason -- Duquesne University : a case study of the Catholic university and the urban ethnic, 1878-1928 / Bernard J. Weiss -- Ethnic confrontations with state universities, 1860-1920 / Victor R. Green. |
| Subject |
Children of immigrants -- Education -- United States.
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Multicultural education -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Weiss, Bernard J., 1936-
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Duquesne History Forum (12th : 1978 : Pittsburgh, Pa.)
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| ISBN |
0252008790 |
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