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Taylor, Tony, Ed.; Guyver, Robert, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2012
The book is entitled History Wars in the Classroom: Global Perspectives and examines how ten separate countries have experienced debates and disputes over the contested nature of the subject, for example the "Black Armband" and "Whitewash" factions in Australia who adopt opposingly celebratory or denigratory views of Australian…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Modern History, Textbooks, Racial Segregation
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Gay, Peter – American Scholar, 1976
The author, who immigrated from Germany to the United States late in 1940, celebrates our nation's Bicentennial with a look back at his absorption and growth as a citizen of the United States. (RK)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Cultural Context, Immigrants, Jews
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Dzuback, Mary Ann – History of Education Quarterly, 1993
Reviews the social impact of Burton J. Bledstein's 1976 book, "The Culture of Professionalism," on public attitudes about the social role of universities. Asserts that Bledstein's major contribution was to raise critical questions about the functions of the modern university and the relationship between knowledge and power. (CFR)
Descriptors: Educational History, Faculty College Relationship, Foreign Countries, Higher Education