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The Autobiography of Citizenship: Assimilation and Resistance in U.S. Education
Tova Cooper
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At the turn of the twentieth century, the United States was faced with a new and radically mixed population, one that included freed African Americans, former reservation Indians, and a burgeoning immigrant population. In The Autobiography of Citizenship, Tova Cooper looks at how educators tried to impose unity on this divergent population, and how the new citizens in turn often resisted these efforts, reshaping mainstream U.S. culture and embracing their own view of what it means to be an American.
The Autobiography of Citizenship traces how citizenship education programs began popping up all over the country, influenced by the progressive approach to ... Read more
At the turn of the twentieth century, the United States was faced with a new and radically mixed population, one that included freed African Americans, former reservation Indians, and a burgeoning immigrant population. In The Autobiography of Citizenship, Tova Cooper looks at how educators tried to impose unity on this divergent population, and how the new citizens in turn often resisted these efforts, reshaping mainstream U.S. culture and embracing their own view of what it means to be an American.
The Autobiography of Citizenship traces how citizenship education programs began popping up all over the country, influenced by the progressive approach to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
Series
The American Literatures Initiative
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813570150
SKU
V9780813570150
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About Tova Cooper
TOVA COOPER is an assistant professor of English at the University of South Florida, Tampa.
Reviews for The Autobiography of Citizenship: Assimilation and Resistance in U.S. Education
“The Autobiography of Citizenship grants us access to a range of fascinating archives and makes a valuable contribution to American literary studies, ethnic studies, and history.”
Sarah Wilson
author of Melting-Pot Modernism
"A refreshing and compelling study … and one that contributes to an important intersection between the fields of education and multi-ethnic literary studies."
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Sarah Wilson
author of Melting-Pot Modernism
"A refreshing and compelling study … and one that contributes to an important intersection between the fields of education and multi-ethnic literary studies."
MELUS ... Read more