| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 307 pages). |
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Princeton studies in cultural sociology |
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Princeton studies in cultural sociology.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-295) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction to Afrocentrism and Creationism, challenges to educational "injustice" -- The challengers -- History of the three Afrocentric cases: Atlanta, Washington, D.C., and New York State -- Cultural, political, and organizational factors influencing Afrocentric outcomes -- History of the four Creationist cases: Louisiana State; California State; Vista, California; and Kansas State -- Cultural, political, and organizational factors influencing Creationist outcomes -- Making more institutional the study of change. |
| Summary |
This book compares two challenges made to American public school curricula in the 1980s and 1990s. It identifies striking similarities between proponents of Afrocentrism and creationism, accounts for their differential outcomes, and draws important conclusions for the study of culture, organizations, and social movements. Amy Binder gives a brief history of both movements and then describes how their challenges played out in seven school districts. Despite their very different constituencies--inner-city African American cultural essentialists and predominately white suburban Christian conservat. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Curriculum change -- United States.
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Social movements -- United States.
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Afrocentrism -- Study and teaching -- United States.
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Creationism -- Study and teaching -- United States.
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EDUCATION -- Curricula.
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EDUCATION -- Comparative.
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Afrocentrism -- Study and teaching. (OCoLC)fst00800059
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Creationism -- Study and teaching. (OCoLC)fst00882412
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Curriculum change. (OCoLC)fst00885362
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Social movements. (OCoLC)fst01122657
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Other Form: |
Print version:Binder, Amy J., 1964- Contentious curricula. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2002 0691091803 (DLC) 2001058001 (OCoLC)48450945 |
| ISBN |
9781400825455 (electronic bk.) |
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1400825458 (electronic bk.) |
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