Innocents Abroad : American Teachers in the American Century.

By:

Zimmerman, Jonathan

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780674045453

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Innocents AbroadDDC classification:

370.116/3

LOC classification:

LB2283

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Contents:

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Aboard the USS Thomas -- I American Dilemmas -- 1 The American Method -- 2 The American Curriculum -- 3 Schooling for All? -- II American Critiques -- 4 The Protective Garb of the "Job" -- 5 Going Global, or Going It Alone? -- 6 Ambivalent Imperialists -- Epilogue: American Teachers in a Global Age -- Notes -- Index.

Summary: Drawing on extensive archives of teachers' letters and accounts, Zimmerman's narrative explores the teachers' shifting attitudes about their country and themselves, in a world that was more unexpected than they could have imagined.

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Drawing on extensive archives of teachers' letters and accounts, Zimmerman's narrative explores the teachers' shifting attitudes about their country and themselves, in a world that was more unexpected than they could have imagined.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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