1st Edition
Children of the Mill Schooling and Society in Gary, Indiana, 1906-1960
By Ronald D. Cohen
Copyright 2002
300 Pages
by
Routledge
300 Pages
by
Routledge
304 Pages
by
Routledge
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Gary, Indiana was founded in 1906, and was part of the US Steel Corporation's plan to build the world's largest steel mill. The city's school system became world-famous as a progressive educational experiment until the 1930s when a changing political and economic climate led to an erosion of the system, which faced a serious overcrowding crisis in the 1950s. Blending social and intellectual... Read more
Preface I. Establishing the System, 1906-1910 II. In the Schools, 1910-1915 III. Time of Troubles, 1915-1920 IV. Flush Times, 1920-1930 V. Survival, 1930-1940 VI. The War Years, 1940-1945 VII. Postwar Problems, 1945-1950 Continuity and Change, 1950-1960 Afterword A Note on Sources Notes Index
Biography
Ronald D. Cohen is Professor of History at Indiana University Northwest. He is the author of Moonlight in Duneland: The Illustrated Story of the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad and Rainbow Quest: The Folk Music Revival and American Society, 1940-1970.
"Ronald D. Cohen brings the past alive like few historians of education writing today." -- from the new foreword by William J. Reese, University of Wisconsin, Madison
"[Praise for the hardcover edition] As the story unfolds in Ronald D. Cohen's clear, workmanlike prose, enlivened by a wry sense of humor and vivid quotations and anecdotes, one appreciates more and more Cohen's decision 'not to put Gary schools in an ideological straitjacket." -- David Tyack, author of Tinkering Toward Utopia: A Century of Public School Reform
"[Praise for the hardcover edition] This wonderfully crafted work tells the story of a remarkable school history, and contributes a valuable addition to the scholarship of educational history." -- David G. Hogan, Heidelberg College
"[Praise for the hardcover edition] Cohen's case study provides a lovely source book for anyone who is interested in examining the way in which major issues in American education played out in a particular setting." -- David F. Labaree, Michigan State University
"... Will be rewarded by an informative study that sets an intriguing story of educational reform in a carefully drawn historical context... He explores, successfully, the relationship between educational and social change... Children of the Mill significantly contributes to, without resolving, the continuing historiographical debate over the virtues--and meaning--of progressive schooling." -- Paul Axelrod, York University, Histoire sociale / Social History, Vol. XXXVI, No. 72
