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Teaching Marianne and Uncle Sam : Public Education, State Centralization, and Teacher Unionism in France and the United States.

Offering the first systematic, comparative examination of the origins of teachers' unions in two countries-France and the United States-Teaching Marianne and Uncle Sam shows how teachers' unions came into existence not because of the willful efforts of particular actors, but over the cours...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Toloudis, Nicholas
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia PA : Temple University Press, 2012.
Colección:Politics History & Social Chan.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Offering the first systematic, comparative examination of the origins of teachers' unions in two countries-France and the United States-Teaching Marianne and Uncle Sam shows how teachers' unions came into existence not because of the willful efforts of particular actors, but over the course of decades of conflict over the proper role of professional educators in public politics. Nicholas Toloudis traces teacher unionism back to the first efforts of governments to centralize public education. He carefully documents how centralization created new understandings of the role of teach.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (231 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781439909089
1439909083
9781439909065
1439909067