Title Americans all : the cultural gifts movement / Diana Selig.

Publication Info.	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2011.
	©2008

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University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	973.91 S465A	Check Shelf

Edition	First Harvard University Press paperback edition.
Description	xiii, 367 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-351) and index.
Contents	Cultural pluralism in interwar America -- Searching for the origins of prejudice -- Parent education and the teaching of tolerance -- Cultural gifts in the schools -- Religious education and the teaching of goodwill -- A new generation in the South -- Cultural pride and the second generation -- Prejudice and social justice -- Pluralism in the shadow of war -- Epilogue : The fall and revival of cultural gifts.
Summary	Tells the neglected story of the cultural gifts movement, which flourished between the world wars. Progressive activists encouraged pluralism in homes, schools, and churches across the country. Countering racist trends and the melting pot theory of Americanization, they championed the idea of diversity. Yet they were unable to address the entrenched forms of discrimination and disfranchisement faced by African Americans in particular.
Subject	Cultural pluralism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	National characteristics, American -- History -- 20th century.
	Ethnicity -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Anti-racism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Social movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Social reformers -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
	United States -- Politics and government -- 1919-1933.
	Progressivism (United States politics) -- History -- 20th century.
	United States -- Cultural policy.
	Anti-racism. (OCoLC)fst01742067
	Cultural pluralism. (OCoLC)fst01715991
	Cultural policy. (OCoLC)fst00885007
	Ethnicity. (OCoLC)fst00916034
	Intellectual life. (OCoLC)fst00975769
	National characteristics, American. (OCoLC)fst01033342
	Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
	Progressivism (United States politics) (OCoLC)fst01078751
	Social movements. (OCoLC)fst01122657
	Social reformers. (OCoLC)fst01122841
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term	1900 - 1999
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN	0674062248
	9780674062245

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