Taylored citizenship : state institutions and subjectivity / Char Roone Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Char Roone.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consensus (Social sciences)--United States--History--20th century.

Consensus (Social sciences).

Citizenship--United States--History--20th century.

Citizenship.

Political socialization--United States--History--20th century.

Political socialization.

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

viii, 214 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.

Contents:

1. National Institutions and Citizenship 3

II. Basic Training: The Military and the Construction of American Subjectivity 27

2. "Pick Up a Pig and Walk": The U.S. Military's Early Adoption of Systems of Management 29

3. "The Ultimate Strength of the Army": Managerial Bureaucracy in a Nation at War 43

4. Tests and Nuts: Testing and the Organization of Citizens 61

5. A "Different Breed of Cat": Military Intelligence and Intellect Militant 81

III. Harmonious Curriculums: Education and the Nation-State 97

6. Industrial Subjects: Education and Efficiency 99

7. Expansive Perceptions: Pluralism and American Education 113

8. "Harness the Potential": World War II and the Organization of Education 131

9. "Trying to Get Hold of the Mental Process": Education, Mental Hygiene, and Individualism 151

10. Discipline and Citizen 169.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-202) and index.

ISBN:

0275972232

OCLC:

45951613