{"product_id":"the-autobiography-of-citizenship-assimilation-and-resistance-in-u-s-education-hardback-9780813570150","title":"The Autobiography of Citizenship; Assimilation and Resistance in U.S. Education (Hardback) 9780813570150","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Autobiography of Citizenship\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAssimilation and Resistance in U.S. Education\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTova Cooper (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813570150\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 8 February 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages, 11 photographs\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.54 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Autobiography of Citizenship\u003c\/i\u003e grants us access to a range of fascinating archives and makes a valuable contribution to American literary studies, ethnic studies, and history.” \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e - Sarah Wilson (author of Melting-Pot Modernism) \u003cdiv\u003e\"A refreshing and compelling study … and one that contributes to an important intersection between the fields of education and multi-ethnic literary studies.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (MELUS) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Tova Cooper details how minorities-Native, African, and Jewish Americans-used literature to cope with the modern U.S. demand that they assimilate or disappear entirely. How these writers and intellectuals overcame their formal educations to teach us different lessons is a heroic story.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - John Carlos Rowe (University of Southern California) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Cooper provides a fascinating comparison of citizenship education programs aimed at molding American Indians, African Americans, and immigrants into 'good Americans.'”\u003c\/div\u003e (American Literature)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAt the turn of the twentieth century, the United States was faced with a new and radically mixed population, one that included freed African Americans, former reservation Indians, and a burgeoning immigrant population.  In \u003ci\u003eThe Autobiography of Citizenship\u003c\/i\u003e, Tova Cooper looks at how educators tried to impose unity on this divergent population, and how the new citizens in turn often resisted these efforts, reshaping mainstream U.S. culture and embracing their own view of what it means to be an American. \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Autobiography of Citizenship\u003c\/i\u003e traces how citizenship education programs began popping up all over the country, influenced by the progressive approach to hands-on learning popularized by John Dewey and his followers. Cooper offers an insightful account of these programs, enlivened with compelling readings of archival materials such as photos of students in the process of learning; autobiographical writing by both teachers and new citizens; and memoirs, photos, poems, and novels by authors such as W.E.B. Du Bois, Jane Addams, Charles Reznikoff, and Emma Goldman. Indeed, Cooper provides the first comparative, inside look at these citizenship programs, revealing that they varied wildly: at one end, assimilationist boarding schools required American Indian children to transform their dress, language, and beliefs, while at the other end the libertarian Modern School encouraged immigrant children to frolic naked in the countryside and learn about the world by walking, hiking, and following their whims. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eHere then is an engaging portrait of what it was like to be, and become, a U.S. citizen one hundred years ago, showing that what it means to be “American” is never static.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1          On Autobiography, Boy Scouts, and Citizenship: Revisiting Charles Eastman’s \u003ci\u003eDeep Woods\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2          The Scenes of Seeing: Frances Benjamin Johnston and Visualizations of the “Indian” in Black, White, and Native Educational Contexts\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3          Speaking the Body: German-Jewish Americanization Programs, Eastern European Jews, and the Autobiographical Work of Abraham Cahan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4          Curricular Cosmopolitans: W.E.B. Du Bois and Jane Addams\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5          Emma Goldman, the Modern School, and the Politics of Reproduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559350333720,"sku":"9780813570150","price":85.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-autobiography-of-citizenship-assimilation-and-resistance-in-u-s-education-hardback-9780813570150","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}