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Bilingual Public Schooling in the United States

A History of America's "Polyglot Boardinghouse"

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  1. Paul J. Ramsey
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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction Drafting the Blueprints for This Old Boardinghouse

    • Paul J. Ramsey
    Pages 1-10

  3. Laying the Foundation for the Boardinghouse: The Context of Nineteenth-Century Schooling and Bilingualism

    • Paul J. Ramsey
    Pages 11-34

  4. Building the Polyglot Boardinghouse in the Northeast and the South

    • Paul J. Ramsey
    Pages 35-51

  5. Inside the Boardinghouse’s Parlor

    • Paul J. Ramsey
    Pages 53-69

  6. The Polyglot Boarders Move West

    • Paul J. Ramsey
    Pages 71-94

  7. Nativism among the Homeowners: The Metaphysics of Foreigner-Hating

    • Paul J. Ramsey
    Pages 95-115

  8. Progressivism, Science, and the Remodeling of the Boardinghouse

    • Paul J. Ramsey
    Pages 117-139

  9. “If You Can’t Fight over There, Fight over Here”: World War I and the Partial Destruction of the Boardinghouse

    • Paul J. Ramsey
    Pages 141-161

  10. Rebuilding the Boardinghouse: The Interwar Years

    • Paul J. Ramsey
    Pages 163-185

  11. Epilogue The Federal Landlord

    • Paul J. Ramsey
    Pages 187-190

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 191-278
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This history of one of the most contentious educational issues in America examines bilingual instruction in the United States from the common school era to the recent federal involvement in the 1960s and 1970s. Drawing from school reports, student narratives, legal resources, policy documents, and other primary sources, the work teases out the underlying agendas and patterns in bilingual schooling during much of America s history. The study demonstrates clearly how the broader context - the cultural, intellectual, religious, demographic, economic, and political forces - shaped the contours of dual-language instruction in America between the 1840s and 1960s. Ramsey s work fills a crucial void in the educational literature and addresses not only historians, linguists, and bilingual scholars, but also policymakers and practitioners in the field.

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"Paul J. Ramsey has written a comprehensive and definitive history of bilingual education in America. Based on exhaustive research, the book is at once a sophisticated piece of scholarship and an accessible introduction to a subject that every student of American education should read." - B. Edward McClellan, Professor Emeritus, Indiana University, USA

"Ramsey gives us a pioneering, uncommonly literate study of bilingual instruction in the United States.The diverse contexts and wide array of participants' voices he assembles invite scholars, policymakers, and anyone drawn to the topic to probe deeply its multi-layered and contentious history. We have needed this important book for years." - Donald Warren, Professor of Education, Indiana University, USA

About the author

Paul J. Ramsey is Associate Professor of Social Foundations of Education at Eastern Michigan University, USA.

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