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" American education, democracy, and the Second World War / "
Charles Dorn.
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BL
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996605
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b750975
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| Main Entry
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Dorn, Charles.
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American education, democracy, and the Second World War /\ Charles Dorn.
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1st ed.
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New York :: Palgrave Macmillan,, 2007.
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xiii, 257 pages :: illustrations ;; 22 cm
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1403984212
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: 9781403984210
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-249) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction: democracy's citadel -- Promoting the "public welfare" at Stanford University -- Palo Alto schools at war -- "An avalanche hits Richmond" -- Wartime nursery schools in Richmond -- Education in a time of war.
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"American Education, Democracy, and the Second World War examines how U.S. educational institutions during World War II responded to the dilemma of whether to serve as "weapons" in the nation's arsenal of democracy or "citadels" in safeguarding the American way of life. By studying the lives of wartime Americans, as well as nursery schools, elementary and secondary schools, and universities, Charles Dorn makes the case that although wartime pressures affected educational institutions to varying degrees, these institutions resisted efforts to be placed solely in service of the nation's war machine. Instead, Dorn argues, American education maintained a sturdy commitment to fostering civic mindedness in a society characterized by rapid technological advance and the perception of an ever-increasing threat to national security."--BOOK JACKET.
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Education-- Aims and objectives-- United States.
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Education-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
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World War, 1939-1945-- Education and the war.
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Education-- Aims and objectives.
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Education.
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War and education.
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United States.
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370.973/09044
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LA209.D67 2007
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