American conversations : Puerto Ricans, white ethnics, and multicultural education /

An inside look at one revealing battle over multicultural education.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bigler, Ellen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1999.
Series:Puerto Rican studies.
Subjects:
Multicultural education > United States.
Multiculturalism > United States.
Puerto Rican children > Education (Middle school) > New York (State) > Case studies.
Education, Bilingual > New York (State) > Case studies.
Puerto Ricans > New York (State) > Social conditions > Case studies.
Educational change > New York (State) > Case studies.
Éducation interculturelle > États-Unis.
Multiculturalisme > États-Unis.
Enfants portoricains > Éducation (École moyenne) > New York (État) > Études de cas.
Portoricains > New York (État) > Conditions sociales > Études de cas.
Enseignement > Réforme > New York (État) > Études de cas.
EDUCATION > Multicultural Education.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Hispanic American Studies.
Education, Bilingual.
Educational change.
Multicultural education.
Multiculturalism.
Puerto Ricans > Social conditions.
Race relations.
Curriculum
Multikulturelle Gesellschaft
Nationale Minderheit
Zweisprachigkeit
Schule
New York (State) > Race relations > Case studies.
New York (État) > Relations raciales > Études de cas.
New York (State)
United States.
USA
Hispanos.
Case studies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction: Talking "American"; 1. The Making of Amhem, the "Friendly City"; 2. Marginality, Mobility, and the Melting Pot; 3. Puerto Ricans Enter a Racialized Social Order; 4. Telling Stories; 5. Dangerous Discourses; 6. Inclusion and Exclusion in the Classroom; 7. After/Words; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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