The Americanization Syndrome

The Americanization Syndrome (1987) examines the historical role of education in the process of ‘Americanization’. It argues that the pattern has been not the promotion of a blend of different cultures but the indoctrination of norms of belief of religion, politics and economics and an explicit discouragement of cultural variety.

The Americanization Syndrome (1987) examines the historical role of education in the process of Americanization. It argues that beginning with seventeenth century puritan leaders such as John Winthrop and Cotton Maher, the pattern of American education has been not the promotion of a blend of different cultures but the indoctrination of norms of belief of religion, politics and economics and an explicit discouragement of cultural variety. It traces the political role of education at key junctures of American history after Independence, in the reconstruction of the South after the Civil War, in the establishment of settlement houses and the use of scientific management techniques by employers. The author focuses on the period 19001925 when new waves of immigrants from southern and eastern Europe led to a new drive for orthodoxy.

Get The Americanization Syndrome by at the best price and quality guaranteed only at Werezi Africa's largest book ecommerce store. The book was published by Taylor & Francis Ltd and it has pages.