The boy problem : educating boys in urban America, 1870-1970 / Julia Grant.
- Grant, Julia, 1953-
- Date:
- [2014]
- Books
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Description
A study which sheds light on contemporary concerns over the academic performance of boys of color who now flounder in school or languish in the juvenile justice system.
Publication/Creation
Baltimore, Maryland : John Hopkins University Press, [2014]
Physical description
230 pages ; 24 cm
Contributors
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Schooling the "Dangerous Classes": Reforming Boys in Nineteenth-Century America -- 2. The Nature of Boy Nature: Education and Recreation for Masculinity --- 3. The Perils of Public Education: Truants, Underachievers, and School Leavers -- 4. Bad or Backward?: Gender and Genesis of Special Education -- 5. "The Boys' Own Story": Masculinity, Peer Culture, and Delinquency -- 6. Black Boys and Native Sons: Race, Delinquency, and Schooling in the Urban North.
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Location Status History of MedicineCA.6Open shelves
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ISBN
- 9781421412597
- 1421412594