Avenues to Adulthood

The Origins of the High School and Social Mobility in an American Suburb
Herausgeber: Ueda, Reed

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Professor Ueda's book discusses the reasons for the modernisation of the high school at the turn of the twentieth century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780521100687
• ISBN-10: 0521100682
• Artikelnr.: 25686359

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Farm village to commuter suburb
2. The evolution of educational leadership
3. The free high school
4. The rise of Yankee city and the prolongation of schooling
5. Popularising high school: 'the college of the people'
6. The origins of high school youth culture
7. Educational opportunity and social mobility
8. The birth of progressive reform and the junior high school
Conclusion
Appendices
Notes
Index.