American education, democracy, and the Second World War / Charles Dorn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dorn, Charles M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Education.

United States.

History.

Education--Aims and objectives--United States.

Education--Aims and objectives.

World War, 1939-1945--Education and the war.

World War, 1939-1945.

Physical Description:

xiii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Summary:

American Education, Democracy, and the Second World War examines how U.S. educational institutions during World War II responded to the dilemma of whether to serve as "weapons" in the nation's arsenal of democracy or "citadels" in safeguarding the American way of life. By studying the lives of wartime Americans, as well as nursery schools, elementary and secondary schools, and universities, Charles Dorn makes the case that although wartime pressures affected educational institutions to varying degrees, these institutions resisted efforts to be placed solely in service of the nation's war machine. Instead, Dorn argues, American education maintained a sturdy commitment to fostering civic mindedness in a society characterized by rapid technological advance and the perception of an ever-increasing threat to national security.

Contents:

Introduction: democracy's citadel

Promoting the "public welfare" at Stanford University

Palo Alto schools at war

"An avalanche hits Richmond"

Wartime nursery schools in Richmond

Education in a time of war.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-249) and index.

ISBN:

1403984212

9781403984210

OCLC:

122291475

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