The Conspiracy of the Good: Civil Rights and the Struggle for Community in Two American Cities, 1875-2000 by Semel, Susan F.

The Conspiracy of the Good: Civil Rights and the Struggle for Community in Two American Cities, 1875-2000 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780820457796)

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The Conspiracy of the Good: Civil Rights and the Struggle for Community in Two American Cities, 1875-2000 by Semel, Susan F.

The Conspiracy of the Good: Civil Rights and the Struggle for Community in Two American Cities, 1875-2000

$48.90
The Conspiracy of the Good: Civil Rights and the Struggle for Community in Two American Cities, 1875-2000 by Semel, Susan F.

The Conspiracy of the Good: Civil Rights and the Struggle for Community in Two American Cities, 1875-2000

$48.90
Format: Paperback
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The Conspiracy of the Good addresses nagging questions that are part of the public debate over schooling. Why do our public schools, especially those in poor and working-class communities of color, fail to live up to the promises of the American dream? Why do reforms, those standard items in political campaigns, fail to create meaningful change? This book argues that progressive , well-meaning, good-hearted men and women, who often advocate good intentions in the name of helping those in need , have ended up doing more harm than good. The Conspiracy of the Good explores how these good intentions go awry. Michael E. James argues that the core value of the American experience is conflict - not consensus - despite what mainstream historians have espoused over the last few decades.

Author: Alan R. Sadovnik, Michael E. James
ISBN-10: 0820457795
ISBN-13: 9780820457796
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
Language: English
Published: 12/23/2004
Pages: 388
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.14w x 1.02d
By Alan R. Sadovnik
By Alan R. Sadovnik
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The Author: Michael James attended public schools in Los Angeles where he graduated from The California State University and did his graduate work at Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California. He is currently Professor and Chair of the Education Department at Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut. He has published extensively in the history of education. His most recent book is an edited volume of essays, Social Reconstruction Through Education (1995). He lives in Lyme, Connecticut, with his wife and three children.

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