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Education and social change contours in the history of american schooling. The crisis was a multifaceted one, but issues of methodology, social relevance, and disciplinary, philosophical, and theoretical. The contours of americas cold war university of minnesota. Contours in the history of american sc good product id. William appleman williams was one of america s greatest critics of us imperialism. Formats and editions of education and social change. Like its predecessors, this new edition adopts a thematic approach, investigating the impact of social forces such as industrialization, urbanization, immigration, globalization, and cultural conflict on the development of schools and other educational institutions. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Seth rockman is a specialist in revolutionary and early republic united states history, with a focus on the relationship of slavery and capitalism in american economic and social development. Oct 01, 2011 the contours of american history, first published in 1961, reached back to seventeenthcentury british history to argue that the relationship between liberalism and empire was in effect a grand compromise, with expansion abroad containing class and race tensions at home. Search the history of over 411 billion web pages on the internet. In the contours of americas cold war, matthew farish explores new ways of conceptualizing space as part of postworld war ii american militarism.
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