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Building the Federal Schoolhouse: Localism and the American Education State - Studies in Postwar American Political Development Reed, Douglas S. (Associate Professor of Government, Associate Professor of Government, Georgetown University)
Building the Federal Schoolhouse: Localism and the American Education State - Studies in Postwar American Political Development
Reed, Douglas S. (Associate Professor of Government, Associate Professor of Government, Georgetown University)
Creating a truly national school system has, over the past fifty years, reconfigured local expectations and practices in American public education. Through a 50-year examination of Alexandria, Virginia, this book reveals how the 'education state' is nonetheless shaped by the commitments of local political regimes and their leaders and constituents.
352 pages, black & white tables, figures
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | June 26, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199838486 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 352 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 242 × 27 mm · 589 g |