Ethnic Minorities and American Education

Catalog description

Chronological entry of European immigrant groups into an American society during the formative years of the development of the American public school system. Record of American social and educational history is replete with examples of inter- and intra-group human conflict as each immigrant group attempted to carve out its niche in a New World setting during a period of mass migration from Europe. Historical, sociological, and psychological barriers that became inherent during a dynamic period of nation building.