Culture as Curriculum - Education and the International Expositions (1876-1904)

The great International Expositions of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries brought together the world's political, intellectual, and industrial leaders for the exchange of information and ideas. They also promoted specific cultural values and belief systems. In this book, Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr. looks specifically at the educational exhibits at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition, the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, and the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition. In doing so, he demonstrates how the educational exhibits functioned as critical transfer points for the exchange of educational ideas and innovations between Europe, Asia, and the United States. In addition, he examines how many of the exhibits reflected a dominant Western hegemony and racist assumptions about the superiority of Western culture and education.

About the author

Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr. is Professor in the School of Education at the University of Miami. He is the author or editor of over one hundred books dealing with educational policy, African American history, curriculum, computing, and the history of education.

Summary

Demonstrates how the educational exhibits functioned as critical transfer points for exchange of educational ideas and innovations between Europe, Asia, and United States. In this book, the author examines how many of the exhibits reflected a dominant Western hegemony and racist assumptions about the superiority of Western culture and education.

Product details

• Authors: Eugene F Provenzo, Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr Eugene F Provenzo, Jr. Provenzo, Jr. Eugene F. Provenzo, Eugene F. Provenzo Jr.
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2016
• EAN: 9780820433981
• ISBN: 978-0-8204-3398-1
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 9 mm x 225 mm
• Weight: 240 g
• Series: History of Schools and Schooling; History of Schools and Schooling
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Miscellaneous