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Contentious Curricula : Afrocentrism and Creationism in American Public Schools

Paperback • 2009 • English

Contentious Curricula : Afrocentrism and Creationism in American Public Schools

By Amy J. Binder

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About the book

This book compares two challenges made to American public school curricula in the 1980s and 1990s. It identifies striking similarities between proponents of Afrocentrism and creationism, accounts for their differential outcomes, and draws important conclusions for the study of culture, organizations, and social movements. Amy Binder gives a brief history of both movements and then describes how their challenges played out in seven school districts. Despite their very different constituencies--i...Show more

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9780691117904

Publisher

Princeton : Princeton University Press

Published year

2009

Language

English

Original title

Contentious Curricula : Afrocentrism and Creationism in American Public Schools

Format

Paperback

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