In this comprehensive and thought-provoking book, educational theorist E.D. Hirsch, Jr. offers a masterful analysis of how American ideas about education have veered off course, what we must do to right them, and most importantly why.
In this comprehensive book, educational theorist E. D. Hirsch, Jr. masterfully analyzes how American ideas about education have veered off course, what we must do to right them, and most importantly why.
From the bestselling author of "Cultural Literacy" comes a passionate and cogent argument for reforming the way we teach our children.
The Making of Americans: Being a History of a Family's Progress, 1906-1908
The Making of Americans
"Essential for all literature collections . . . Several of Stein's titles returned to print in 1995, but none more important than The Making of Americans." Library Journal
In The Making of Americans, Gertrude Stein sets out to tell "a history of a family's progress," radically reworking the traditional family saga novel to encompass her vision of personality...