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Peer reviewedMeade, Teresa – International Journal of Oral History, 1986
Critically reviews "Sandino's Daughters: Testimonies of Nicaraguan Women in Struggle" (Randall, 1981), "Christians in the Nicaraguan Revolution" (Randall, 1983), and "Risking a Somersault in the Air: Conversations with Nicaraguan Writers" (Randall, 1984). Includes description of how author used these books in Latin…
Descriptors: Communism, Foreign Policy, History Instruction, Imperialism
Peer reviewedTyack, David – History of Education Quarterly, 1986
Reviews Carl F. Kaestle's 1983 book, "Pillars of the Republic: Common Schools and American Society, 1780-1860." Maintains that this work synthesizes and refocuses both old and new interpretations of the political and institutional history of the common school before 1860 in the United States. (JDH)
Descriptors: Culture, Curriculum, Educational Change, Educational Development
Peer reviewedGraham, Hugh Davis – History of Education Quarterly, 1986
Reviews "Managers of Virtue: Public School Leadership in America, 1820-1980" (Tyack & Hansot, 1982), and "Public School in Hard Times: The Great Depression and Recent Years" (Tyack, Lowe & Hansot, 1984). Maintains that the strength of these two works lies more in their balanced synthesis of the scholarly literature than on the direct policy…
Descriptors: Civics, Curriculum, Educational Change, Educational Development
