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Author Ramsey, Paul J.

Title Bilingual public schooling in the United States : a history of America's "polyglot boardinghouse" / Paul J. Ramsey.

Publication Info. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  370.117 R183B    Check Shelf
Edition First PALGRAVE MACMILLAN paperback edition.
Description xiii, 278 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-267) and index.
Summary This history of one of the most contentious educational issues in America examines bilingual instruction in the United States from the common school era to the recent federal involvement in the 1960s and 1970s. Drawing from school reports, student narratives, legal resources, policy documents, and other primary sources, the work teases out the underlying agendas and patterns in bilingual schooling during much of America's history. The study demonstrates clearly how the broader context - the cultural, intellectual, religious, demographic, economic, and political forces - shaped the contours of dual-language instruction in America between the 1840s and 1960s. Ramsey's work fills a crucial void in the educational literature and addresses not only historians, linguists, and bilingual scholars, but also policymakers and practitioners in the field. -- Provided by the publisher.
Contents Introduction. Drafting the Blueprints for This Old Boardinghouse -- 1. Laying the Foundation for the Boardinghouse: The Context of Nineteenth-Century Schooling and Bilingualism -- 2. Building the Polyglot Boardinghouse in the Northeast and the South -- 3. Inside the Boardinghouse's Parlor -- 4. The Polyglot Boarders Move West -- 5. Nativism among the Homeowners: The Metaphysics of Foreigner-Hating -- 6. Progressivism, Science, and the Remodeling of the Boardinghouse -- 7. "If You Can't Fight over There, Fight over Here": World War I and the Partial Destruction of the Boardinghouse -- 8. Rebuilding the Boardinghouse: The Interwar Years -- Epilogue: The Federal Landlord.
Subject Education, Bilingual -- United States -- History.
Multicultural education -- United States -- History.
Minorities -- Education -- United States -- History.
Language and education -- United States -- History.
Education and state -- United States.
Education and state. (OCoLC)fst00902835
Education, Bilingual. (OCoLC)fst00902886
Language and education. (OCoLC)fst00992142
Minorities -- Education. (OCoLC)fst01023119
Multicultural education. (OCoLC)fst01028816
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 1137393289 (paperback)
9781137393289 (paperback)
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