206 Pages
by
Routledge
206 Pages
by
Routledge
206 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Americanization Syndrome (1987) examines the historical role of education in the process of ‘Americanization’. It argues that beginning with seventeenth century puritan leaders such as John Winthrop and Cotton Maher, the pattern of American education has been not the promotion of a blend of different cultures but the indoctrination of norms of belief of religion, politics and economics and... Read more
1. The ‘City on a Hill’ 2. Franklin’s ‘Happy Mediocrity’ 3. Americanizing the New Nation 4. Redefining the Ideology 5. Helping Immigrants Become American: The Humanitarian Americanizers 6. Reducing the Intake of Impurities: The Immigration Restrictionists 7. The Imperious Demand for Conformity: The Scientific Americanizers 8. Let the Professionals Do It 9. Broadening the Consensus 10. Hispanics and the Language Question
Biography
Robert A. Carlson
