Broken ground : John F. Kennedy and the politics of education / Lawrence J. McAndrews.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McAndrews, Lawrence J. (Lawrence John)

Series:

Routledge library editions. Education.

Routledge library editions. Education ; v. 47

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.

Kennedy, John F.

Education and state--United States--History.

Education and state.

Federal aid to education--United States--History.

Federal aid to education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2012, c1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Throughout United States history, and particularly from the 1930s through the 1960s, education was a sensitive political issue which preoccupied Congresses, Presidents and interest groups. By the time of John F Kennedy's Presidency federal aid to education was all but inevitable but the disproportionate influence of federal aid adversaries on the House Rule Committee would permit the Kennedy Administration no margin of error. There remained in this subject an abundance of complications and contradictions. This volume addresses the central questions of Kennedy versus Congress and Kennedy ver

Contents:

BROKEN GROUNDJohn F. Kennedy and the Politics of Education; Copyright; BROKEN GROUNDJohn F. Kennedy and the Politics of Education; Copyright; CONTENTS; Preface; Introduction; CHAPTER I: Camels and Such; CHAPTER II: All For One and To Each Its Own; CHAPTER III: Back to School; CHAPTER IV: Running Before Walking; CHAPTER V: 'Bullies' and Pulpits; CHAPTER VI: Where There's Smoke There's Straw; CHAPTER VII: Right War, Wrong Place, Wrong Time; CHAPTER VIII: Quiet Persistence; CHAPTER IX: Forever Young; CHAPTER X: Better Late...; CHAPTER XI: The End of the Beginning; CHAPTER XII: Conclusion

AbbreviationsNotes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

First published in 1991 by Garland Publishing, Inc.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-66961-2

1-280-67137-8

9786613648303

0-203-80859-2

1-136-66962-0

9780203808597

OCLC:

818814449