Broken Ground: John F Kennedy and the Politics of Education

Broken Ground: John F Kennedy and the Politics of Education
ISBN-10
0415675596
ISBN-13
9780415675598
Series
Broken Ground
Category
Education
Pages
258
Language
English
Published
2011-12-08
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Lawrence J. McAndrews

Description

Throughout United States history, and particularly from the 1930s through the 1960s, education was a sensitive political issue which preoccupied Congresses, Presidents and interest groups. By the time of John F Kennedy's Presidency federal aid to education was all but inevitable but the disproportionate influence of federal aid adversaries on the House Rule Committee would permit the Kennedy Administration no margin of error. There remained in this subject an abundance of complications and contradictions. This volume addresses the central questions of Kennedy versus Congress and Kennedy versus Kennedy, using a wide range of sources to give a comprehensive focus to this area of political education.

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