Contentious curricula : afrocentrism and creationism in American public schools / Amy J. Binder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Binder, Amy J., 1964-

Contributor:

John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

Series:

Princeton studies in cultural sociology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Curriculum change--United States.

Curriculum change.

Creationism--Study and teaching.

Afrocentrism--Study and teaching.

Afrocentrism.

United States.

Social movements--United States.

Social movements.

Afrocentrism--Study and teaching--United States.

Creationism--Study and teaching--United States.

Creationism.

Physical Description:

320 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2004.

Summary:

"The genius of this study is the comparison between two social movements that are ostensibly quite different in their constituencies but are structurally nearly identical. The author leverages this comparison to produce insights about each movement that would otherwise be elusive. Enjoyably written and always clear, it is a significant contribution to the study of culture and to the field of social movements research."--Paul DiMaggio, Princeton University

"Rarely have I so thoroughly endorsed a book, nor found so little to quarrel with in its focus, organization, or even textual detail. What makes Binder's book so important is that, while borrowing much from mainstream social movements theory, it also broadens the field considerably both by incorporating insights from a host of other literatures and by studying a form of institutionalized contention that has been largely ignored by other scholars."--Doug McAdam, Stanford University

Notes:

Originally published: 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

069111790X

9780691117904

OCLC:

56468628