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For home, country, and race : constructing gender, class, and Englishness in the elementary school, 1880-1914 /

A demonstration of how a specific ideal of national heritage was consciously nurtured by England's elementary school system at the turn of the century. Implicit within this ideal was an ideology that reinforced gender, class, and race distinctions.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Heathorn, Stephen J., 1965-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2000.
Series:Studies in gender and history
Subjects:
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Introduction: Reading the Nation
  • Elementary School Culture and National Identity; 1 Citizen Authors and the Language of Citizenship; 2 The Syntax of National Identity: The Liberal Master Narrative; 3 Ethnicity and National Belonging; 4 Imagining the Racial 'Other' Within; 5 'The Home of the Race': The Familial Imaginings of National Identity in Elementary Schooling; 6 Narratives and Rituals of National Belonging; Conclusion: 'For Home, Country, and Race'; APPENDICES; A: READING-BOOK REQUISITION AND APPROVAL PRACTICES.
  • B: READING-BOOK PUBLICATION FIGURES FOR SELECTED PUBLISHERSC: STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN OF READER SAMPLE USED IN THIS STUDY; NOTES; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.