| Description |
1 online resource (319 pages). |
| Series |
Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology |
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Princeton studies in cultural sociology.
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| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
Preface; One: Introduction to Afrocentrism and Creationism, Challengers to Educational ""Injustice""; Two: The Challengers; Three: History of the Three Afrocentric Cases: Atlanta, Washington, D.C., and New York State; Four: Cultural, Political, and Organizational Factors Influencing Afrocentric Outcomes; Five: History of the Four Creationist Cases: Louisiana State, California State, Vista, California, and Kansas State; Six: Cultural, Political, and Organizational Factors Influencing Creationist Outcomes; Seven: Making More Institutional the Study of Challenge; Appendix; Notes. |
| Bibliography |
ReferencesIndex. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
EBSCOhost SocINDEX with Full Text |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Afrocentrism -- Study and teaching -- United States.
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Afrocentrism.
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Creationism -- Study and teaching -- United States.
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Creationism -- Study and teaching.
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Creationism.
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Curriculum change -- United States.
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Curriculum change.
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Social movements -- United States.
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Social movements.
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Theory & Practice of Education.
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Education.
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Social sciences.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic book.
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| Added Title |
Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology Ser |
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Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology |
| ISBN |
0691091803 |
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9780691091808 |
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1282087169 |
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9781282087163 |
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