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Civic Education and the Future of American Citizenship
Author(s): Jonathan W. White (Editor), Elizabeth Kaufer Busch
- Publisher: Lexington Books (UK)
- Publication Date: 8 Nov. 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 174 pages
- ISBN-10: 9780739170564
- ISBN-13: 0739170562
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This engaging volume tackles difficult questions about what it means to be a citizen and how we can foster democratic citizenship. The depth and breadth of the volume, from founding fathers to Facebook, provides a unique blend of history and recent trends, making it a compelling read for scholars across disciplines and a great resource for courses engaging these crucial issues.
This superb collection of essays explores the topic of civic education in its broadest light. These issues are treated by a range of impressive authors from different fields possessing different life experiences. The result is a fresh set of analyses in which there is a healthy divergence of views, but in which the greatest benefit is the opening of new and thought-provoking perspectives. Great credit goes to the two editors, Elizabeth Kaufer Busch and Jonathan W. White, for this timely contribution to promoting better understanding of one of the most important problems facing American education today.
About the Author
Elizabeth Kaufer Busch is associate professor of American Studies at Christopher Newport University and founder and co-director of the Center for American Studies (CAS).
Jonathan W. White is assistant professor of American Studies at Christopher Newport University.
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