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American Indians, the Irish, and Government Schooling A Comparative Study / Michael C. Coleman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Coleman, Michael C.
- Series:
- Indigenous education American Indians, the Irish, and government schooling
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education--Cross-cultural studies.
- Education.
- Irish--Great Britain--Government relations.
- Irish.
- Irish--Education--Great Britain.
- Indians of North America--Government relations.
- Indians of North America.
- Indians of North America--Education.
- Great Britain--Social policy.
- Great Britain.
- United States--Social policy.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (398 p.)
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- For centuries American Indians and the Irish experienced assaults by powerful, expanding states, along with massive land loss and population collapse. In the early nineteenth century the U.S. government, acting through the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), began a systematic campaign to assimilate Indians.
- Contents:
- Education in Native America and Ireland to the 1820s
- The school as weapon of state
- The local community and the school
- Regimentation
- Curriculum
- School staff
- Peers and mediation
- Resistance and rejection
- Results.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-352) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786610823710
- 9781280823718
- 1280823712
- 9780803206250
- 0803206259
- OCLC:
- 476035878
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