David Labaree

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David Labaree
OccupationHistorian of education

David F. Labaree is a historian of education and Lee L. Jacks Professor of Education at Stanford University.

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<i>Official Knowledge</i>

Official Knowledge: Democratic Education in a Conservative Age is a book written in 1993 by Michael Apple about the inherent politics of educational practice and policy. Its themes include right-wing cultural hegemony, control of textbook contents, and the role of private business in schools. It has received three editions.

<i>The Modern School Movement</i> (book) Book by Paul Avrich

The Modern School Movement: Anarchism and Education in the United States is a history book about Ferrer Schools by Paul Avrich.

<i>Hucks Raft</i> Book by Steven Mintz

Huck's Raft is a history of American childhood and youth, written by Steven Mintz. The 2006 H-Net review wrote that the book was the best single-volume history of its kind.

<i>The Emergence of the American University</i> Non-fiction book about education

The Emergence of the American University is a non-fiction book in the history of education by Laurence Veysey, published in the 1965 by University of Chicago Press. It "trac[es] the development of the modern American university during its formative years from 1865 to 1910". It is based on and shortened from Veysey's doctoral dissertation.

The Struggle for the American Curriculum, 1893–1958, is a book written by historian of education Herbert Kliebard and published by Routledge & Kegan Paul in 1986.

Milton Gaither is an historian of education and a professor at Messiah College. Some of his most notable works include American Educational History Revisited, on the historiography of American education, and Homeschool: An American History.

The Origins of American Social Science is a 1991 book by Dorothy Ross on the early history of social science in the United States.

Preschool Education in America: The Culture of Young Children from the Colonial Era to the Present is a 1995 history of preschool education in the United States written by Barbara Beatty.

<i>Managers of Virtue</i> Book by David Tyack

Managers of Virtue: Public School Leadership in America, 1820–1980 is a history book by David Tyack and Elisabeth Hansot. Its first two sections discuss American educational leadership in the common school and Progressive eras, and its last part discusses the subsequent decline in school leader authority and public confidence.

<i>The Communal Experience</i>

The Communal Experience: Anarchist and Mystical Counter-Cultures in America is a book-length historical and sociological study of cultural radicalism in the United States, written by historian Laurence Veysey and published in 1973 by Harper & Row.

Émile Durkheim: His Life and Work is a 1972 biography of the sociologist Emile Durkheim written by Steven Lukes.

The Transformation of the School: Progressivism in American Education, 1876–1957 is a history of the American Progressive Education movement written by historian Lawrence Cremin and published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1961.

<i>An Elusive Science</i>

An Elusive Science: The Troubling History of Education Research is a history of American education research written by Ellen Condliffe Lagemann and published by University of Chicago Press in 2000.

Jocks and Burnouts: Social Categories and Identity in the High School is a 1989 book-length ethnographic study of social class in a Detroit high school written by sociolinguist Penelope Eckert.

The Erosion of Childhood is a 1982 book about early childhood schooling in the United States by Valerie Polakow Suransky. It is based on a study of five nursery and preschools across social class lines. The book was published by University of Chicago Press.

Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890–1940 is a 1994 history book by George Chauncey about gay life in New York City during the early 20th century. An updated 2019 edition commemorates the Stonewall Rebellion's 50th anniversary.

Jane Sherron De Hart is an American feminist historian and women's studies academic. She is a professor emerita at University of California, Santa Barbara. De Hart has authored and edited several works on the history of women in the United States, the Federal Theatre Project, the Equal Rights Amendment, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. During the 1970s, she founded the women's studies program at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

<i>Yale: A History</i> 1999 history book by Brooks Mather Kelley

Yale: A History is a 1999 book written by Brooks Mather Kelley on the history of Yale University.

James Walter Fraser is an American educationalist, pastor, and academic administrator. He is a professor of history and education and chair of the applied statistics, social science, and humanities department at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. Fraser is dean of education at the University of the People. He is a past president of the History of Education Society. Fraser was the pastor at Grace Church Federated from 1986 to 2006.

Hooligans or Rebels? An Oral History of Working-Class Childhood and Youth, 1889–1939 is a 1981 sociology book written by Stephen Humphries and published by Basil Blackwell.

References

  1. Sullivan, Teresa A. (2018). "Review of A Perfect Mess: The Unlikely Ascendancy of American Higher Education". Contemporary Sociology . 47 (6): 733–735. doi:10.1177/0094306118805422ee. ISSN   0094-3061. JSTOR   26586008. S2CID   149552316.