Burkholder, Zoe.

Color in the classroom how American schools taught race, 1900-1954 / [electronic resource] : Zoe Burkholder. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011. - xi, 252 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the social construction of race in American schools -- Race as nation, 1900-1938 -- Franz Boas : reforming "race" in American schools -- Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead : teaching teachers race and culture -- Race as color, 1939-1945 -- Race as culture, 1946-1954 -- Conclusion Race and Educational Equality after Brown v. Board of Education.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780199876969 (electronic bk.)




Race--Study and teaching--History--United States--20th century.
Racism--Study and teaching--History--United States--20th century.


United States--Race relations--History--20th century.


Electronic books.

HT1506 / .B87 2011

305.80071